armi.materials.uranium module

Uranium metal

Much info is from [AAAFuels].

AAAFuels

Kim, Y S, and Hofman, G L. AAA fuels handbook.. United States: N. p., 2003. Web. doi:10.2172/822554. .

class armi.materials.uranium.Uranium

Bases: armi.materials.material.Material

name = 'Uranium'

String identifying the material

materialIntro = ''

propertyNotes = {'thermal conductivity': ''}

propertyRawData = {'thermal conductivity': ''}

propertyUnits = {'thermal conductivity': 'W/m-K'}

propertyEquation = {'thermal conductivity': '21.73 + 0.01591T + 5.907&#215;10<super>-6</super>T<super>2</super>'}

propertyValidTemperature = {'thermal conductivity': ((255.4, 1173.2), 'K')}

Dictionary of valid temperatures over which the property models are valid in the format ‘Property Name’: ((Temperature_Lower_Limit, Temperature_Upper_Limit), Temperature_Units)

references = {'thermal conductivity': ['AAA Fuels Handbook by YS Kim and G.L. Hofman, ANL']}

citation}

Type

The literature references {property

thermalConductivity(Tk: Optional[float] = None, Tc: Optional[float] = None) → float

The thermal conductivity of pure U in W-m/K.

paramCollectionType

alias of armi.reactor.parameters.parameterCollections.MaterialParameterCollection