function elMassFrac = elementalMassFraction(tp, element) % ELEMENTALMASSFRACTION Determine the elemental mass fraction in gas object. % elMassFrac = elementalMassFraction(tp, element) % :param tp: % Object representing the gas, instance of class :mat:func:`Solution`, % and an ideal gas. The state of this object should be set to an % estimate of the gas state before calling elementalMassFraction. % :param element: % String representing the element name. % :return: % Elemental mass fraction within a gas object. % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % Check input parameters % if nargin ~= 2 error('elementalMassFraction expects two input arguments.'); end if ~isIdealGas(tp) error('Gas object must represent an ideal gas mixture.'); end if ~ischar(element) error('Element name must be of format character.'); end %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % Calculate the elemental mass fraction in a gas object. Equation used is % elMassFrac = sum of nAtoms(k,m)*Mel(m)*Y(k)/mw(k) where nAtoms(k,m) is % the number of atoms of element, m, in species, k; Mel(m) is the atomic % weight of the element, m; Y(k) is the mass fraction of species,k, in the % gas object; and mw(k) is the molecular weight of species, k. % n = nSpecies(tp); massFrac = massFractions(tp); spec = speciesNames(tp); eli = elementIndex(tp, element); M = atomicMasses(tp); Mel = M(eli); MW = molecularWeights(tp); % Initialize the element mass fraction as zero. elMassFrac = 0.0; % Use loop to perform summation of elemental mass fraction over all species. for i = 1:n natoms(i) = nAtoms(tp,spec{i},element); mw(i) = MW(i); Y(i) = massFraction(tp,spec{i}); elMassFrac = elMassFrac + (natoms(i)*Mel*Y(i))/mw(i); end end