Source code for armi.materials.magnesium

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"""
Magnesium.
"""

from armi.utils.units import C_TO_K
from armi.materials import material


[docs]class Magnesium(material.Fluid): name = "Magnesium"
[docs] def setDefaultMassFracs(self): self.setMassFrac("MG", 1.0)
[docs] def density(self, Tk=None, Tc=None): r"""returns mass density of magnesium in g/cc The Liquid Temperature Range, Density and Constants of Magnesium. P.J. McGonigal. Temple University 1961.""" self.checkTempRange(923, 1390, Tk, "density") if not Tk and Tc: Tk = Tc + C_TO_K return 1.59 - 0.00026 * (Tk - 924.0)