armi.materials.thoriumOxide module¶

Thorium Oxide solid ceramic.

Data is from 1.

1: Thorium fuel cycle – Potential benefits and challenges, IAEA-TECDOC-1450 (2005). https://www-pub.iaea.org/mtcd/publications/pdf/te_1450_web.pdf

class armi.materials.thoriumOxide.ThoriumOxide[source]¶

Bases: armi.materials.material.Material

name = 'ThO2'¶

setDefaultMassFracs()[source]¶

ThO2 mass fractions. Using Pure Th-232. 100% 232 Thorium: 232.030806 g/mol Oxygen: 15.9994 g/mol

2 moles of oxygen/1 mole of Thorium

grams of Th-232 = 232.030806 g/mol* 1 mol = 232.030806 g grams of Oxygen = 15.9994 g/mol* 2 mol = 31.9988 g total=264.029606 g. Mass fractions are computed from this.

density(Tk=None, Tc=None)[source]¶: g/cc from IAEA TE 1450

linearExpansion(Tk=None, Tc=None)[source]¶: m/m/K from IAEA TE 1450

thermalConductivity(Tk=None, Tc=None)[source]¶: W/m-K from IAEA TE 1450

meltingPoint()[source]¶: melting point in K from IAEA TE 1450

paramCollectionType¶: alias of armi.reactor.parameters.parameterCollections.MaterialParameterCollection