Info<< "Reading chemistry properties\n" << endl; IOdictionary chemistryProperties ( IOobject ( "chemistryProperties", runTime.constant(), mesh, IOobject::MUST_READ_IF_MODIFIED, IOobject::NO_WRITE, false ) ); Switch turbulentReaction(chemistryProperties.lookup("turbulentReaction")); dimensionedScalar Cmix("Cmix", dimless, 1.0); if (turbulentReaction) { chemistryProperties.lookup("Cmix") >> Cmix; }