Research Article
Multiphysics Model Development and the Core Analysis for In Situ Breeding and Burning Reactor
Table 2
Properties of several typical fuel materials.
| | | Thermal expansion coefficient ppm/°C | Brinell hardness kg/mm2 | Young’s modular () GPa | Poisson's ratio (ν) |
| | UO2 (ceramic) | ~9 | ~2000 | ~96 | ~0.3 | | UPuZr (alloy) | ~18 | ~260 | ~85 | ~0.3 |
| | Zircaloy | ~10 | ~120 | ~100 | ~0.3 | | Stainless steel | ~17 | ~100 | ~196 | ~0.3 | | SiCf/SiC (ceramic) [3] | ~4 | ~2800 | ~300 | ~0.14 |
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