armi.materials.mgO module

Magnesium Oxide

class armi.materials.mgO.MgO

Bases: armi.materials.material.Material

MagnesiumOxide

name = 'MgO'

String identifying the material

propertyValidTemperature = {'density': ((273, 1273), 'K'), 'linear expansion percent': ((273.15, 1273.15), '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)

setDefaultMassFracs()

Mass fractions.

linearExpansionPercent(Tk=None, Tc=None)

The coefficient of expansion of magnesium oxide.

Milo A. Durand Journal of Applied Physics 7, 297 (1936); doi: 10.1063/1.174539

This is based on a 3rd order polynomial fit of the data in Table I.