Derivation of Compact Notation for a Simple Mechanism

Objective: Reaction Mechanism: `CO +O_2 Leftrightarrow CO_2 +O` `O+H_2O Leftrightarrow OH +OH` `CO +OH Leftrightarrow CO_2+H` `H+O_2 Leftrightarrow OH +O` The reaction rate ODEs for the reaction mechanism are as follows: `(d[CO])/(dt)=-k_(f1)[CO][O2]+k_(r1)[CO2][O]+k_(r3)[CO2][H]-k_(f3)[CO][OH]` `(d[O_2])/(dt)=-k_(f1)[CO][O2]+k_(r1)[CO2][O]+k_(r4)[OH][O]-k_(f4)[H][O2]`…