armi.materials.alloy200 module

Alloy-200 are wrought commercially pure nickel.

class armi.materials.alloy200.Alloy200[source]

Bases: armi.materials.material.Material

name = 'Alloy200'
references = {'linearExpansion': ['Alloy 200/201 Data Sheet http://www.jacquet.biz/JACQUET/USA/files/JCQusa-alloy-200-201.pdf'], 'refDens': ['Alloy 200/201 Data Sheet http://www.jacquet.biz/JACQUET/USA/files/JCQusa-alloy-200-201.pdf'], 'referenceMaxPercentImpurites': ['Alloy 200/201 Data Sheet http://www.jacquet.biz/JACQUET/USA/files/JCQusa-alloy-200-201.pdf']}

The literature references.

modelConst = {'TRefa': 20, 'a0': 1.2162e-05, 'a1': 8.3001e-09, 'a2': -3.94985e-12}

Constants that may be used in intepolation functions for property lookups

referenceMaxPercentImpurites = [('C', 0.15), ('MN', 0.35), ('S', 0.01), ('SI', 0.35), ('CU', 0.25), ('FE', 0.4)]
linearExpansionPercent(Tk=None, Tc=None)[source]

Returns percent linear thermal expansion of Alloy 200

Parameters

  • Tk (float, optional) – temperature in degrees Kelvin

  • Tc (float, optional) – temperature in degrees Celsius

Returns

linearExpansionPercent – percent linear thermal expansion of Alloy 200 (%)

Return type

float

linearExpansion(Tk=None, Tc=None)[source]

Returns instantaneous coefficient of thermal expansion of Alloy 200

Parameters

  • Tk (float, optional) – temperature in degrees Kelvin

  • Tc (float, optional) – temperature in degrees Celsius

Returns

linearExpansion – instantaneous coefficient of thermal expansion of Alloy 200 (1/C)

Return type

float

setDefaultMassFracs()[source]

Notes

It is assumed half the max composition for the impurities and the rest is Ni.

paramCollectionType

alias of armi.reactor.parameters.parameterCollections.MaterialParameterCollection