“…Among previous studies (Tsuji & Matsui, 1976;Adomeit, et al, 1976;Adomeit, et al, 1985;Henriksen, et al, 1988;Matsui & Tsuji, 1987), it may be noted that Adomeit's group has made a great contribution by clarifying water-catalyzed CO-O 2 reaction (Adomeit, et al, 1976), conducting experimental comparisons (Adomeit, et al, 1985), and investigating ignition/extinction behavior (Henriksen, et al, 1988). Here, an extension of the worthwhile contributions is made along the following directions.…”