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"""Scandium Oxide"""
from armi.utils.units import getTk
from armi.materials.material import Material
[docs]class Sc2O3(Material):
name = "Sc2O3"
[docs] def setDefaultMassFracs(self):
self.setMassFrac("SC45", 0.6520)
self.setMassFrac("O16", 0.3480)
[docs] def density(self, Tk=None, Tc=None):
return 3.86
[docs] def linearExpansionPercent(self, Tk=None, Tc=None):
"""
Return the linear expansion percent for Scandium Oxide (Scandia).
Notes
-----
From Table 4 of "Thermal Expansion and Phase Inversion of Rare-Earth Oxides.
"""
Tk = getTk(Tc, Tk)
self.checkTempRange(273.15, 1573.15, Tk, "linear expansion percent")
return 2.6045e-07 * Tk ** 2 + 4.6374e-04 * Tk - 1.4696e-01