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"""
Copper metal.
"""
from armi.utils.units import getTk
from armi.materials.material import Material
[docs]class Cu(Material):
name = "Cu"
propertyValidTemperature = {"linear expansion percent": ((40.43, 788.83), "K")}
[docs] def setDefaultMassFracs(self):
self.setMassFrac("CU63", 0.6915)
self.setMassFrac("CU65", 0.3085)
[docs] def density(self, Tk=None, Tc=None):
return 8.913
[docs] def linearExpansionPercent(self, Tk=None, Tc=None):
"""
Return the linear expansion percent for Copper
Notes
-----
Digitized using Engauge Digitizer from Figure 21 of
Thrust Chamber Life Prediction - Volume I - Mechanical and Physical
Properties of High Performance Rocket Nozzle Materials (NASA CR - 134806)
"""
Tk = getTk(Tc, Tk)
self.checkPropertyTempRange("linear expansion percent", Tk)
return 5.0298e-07 * Tk ** 2 + 1.3042e-03 * Tk - 4.3097e-01