2.8. Materials

The material database contains about 500 predefined compounds with about 300 of them together with the Sternheimer parameters, damage thresholds and optical properties. You can use this database as a REFERENCE only. Please VERIFY always the correctness of the information

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Search: Narrow down the list by filtering with a text Group: Materials group according to their use Material List: List of filtered materials

2.8.1. Material Properties

Title:

A user defined title for the material

Notes:

A user defined notes for the material

Names:

A list of possible names to be used for the material when inserted in the input

2.8.2. Ribbon

Materials group

Label

Shortcut

Description

input32.gif To Input

Double-click

Insert the selected materials to the FLUKA input

import32.gif Import

Import material from the FLUKA input to the database. User defined materials will be stored locally on the file: ${HOME}/.flair/material.ini

add.gif Add

Add a new material in the database

x.gif Del

Delete a user defined material from the database

edit.gif Edit

Edit the properties of the selected material

Edit group (when editing is activated)

Label

Shortcut

Description

ok32.gif Ok

Save material

x32.gif Cancel

Abort editing

2.8.3. Stoichiometry

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Composition:

Select between “atom”, “mass”, “volume” Automatic rescaling occurs when changing the type

State:

Solid, Gas, or Liquid

Density:

Material density in g/cm3

2.8.4. Table

Z:

Atomic charge of each isotope in the compound

A:

Atomic mass of each isotope in the compound

El:

Isotope symbol

Name:

Name of isotope

Frac:

Atom, mass or volume fraction of the isotope

All entries in the table are editable and either Z, El, or Name can be used to define the isotope

Group List of groups that the isotope belongs to

2.8.5. Properties

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Pressure (atm):

Pressure in atmospheres for gasses

Rhor Factor:

Ionization Potential (eV):

DPA Atomic Displacement Energy (eV):

Damage threshold of material

b_arcdpa:

Nordlund18 b_arcdpa parameter

c_arcdpa:

Nordlund18 c_arcdpa parameter

2.8.6. Sternheimer parameters:

Cbar, X0, X1, a, m, d0:

(Please look the FLUKA card tag.gifSTERNHEI)