armi.materials.thU module¶

Thorium Uranium metal

Data is from 1.

1: Thorium fuel cycle – Potential benefits and challenges, IAEA-TECDOC-1450 (2005). https://www-pub.iaea.org/mtcd/publications/pdf/te_1450_web.pdf

class armi.materials.thU.ThU[source]¶

Bases: armi.materials.material.FuelMaterial

name = 'ThU'¶: String identifying the material

enrichedNuclide = 'U233'¶: Name of enriched nuclide to be interpreted by enrichment modification methods

propertyValidTemperature = {'linear expansion': ((30, 600), '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)

getEnrichment()[source]¶

applyInputParams(U233_wt_frac=None, *args, **kwargs)[source]¶

setDefaultMassFracs()[source]¶

linearExpansion(Tk=None, Tc=None)[source]¶: m/m/K from IAEA TE 1450

thermalConductivity(Tk=None, Tc=None)[source]¶: W/m-K from IAEA TE 1450

meltingPoint()[source]¶: melting point in K from IAEA TE 1450