armi.materials.californium module

Californium is a synthetic element made in nuclear reactors.

It is interesting in that it has a large spontaneous fission decay mode that produces lots of neutrons. It’s often used as a neutron source.

class armi.materials.californium.Californium[source]

Bases: armi.materials.material.SimpleSolid

name = 'Californium'

String identifying the material

setDefaultMassFracs()[source]
density(Tk=None, Tc=None)[source]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Californium