Source code for armi.materials.uranium

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"""
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. .
"""

from armi.materials.material import Material
from armi.utils.units import getTk


[docs]class Uranium(Material): name = "Uranium" 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")} references = { "thermal conductivity": ["AAA Fuels Handbook by YS Kim and G.L. Hofman, ANL"] }
[docs] def thermalConductivity(self, Tk: float = None, Tc: float = None) -> float: """The thermal conductivity of pure U in W-m/K.""" Tk = getTk(Tc, Tk) self.checkPropertyTempRange("thermal conductivity", Tk) kU = 21.73 + (0.01591 * Tk) + (0.000005907 * Tk ** 2) return kU