Re: [fluka-discuss]: Material card

From: Francesco Cerutti <Francesco.Cerutti_at_cern.ch>
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2015 11:49:05 +0100

Hallo

Moreover, you do not need to define C and H components as individual
materials, since they are already in the list of pre-defined ones (chapter
5).

Cheers

Francesco

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On Wed, 7 Jan 2015, Alberto Fasso wrote:

> Read the manual!
>
> Note 1) to option COMPOUND:
>
> 1) Option COMPOUND must always be used in conjunction with a MATERIAL
> card having the same SDUM name (see MATERIAL). MATERIAL cards used
> for this purpose provide the density of the compound, its
> material number and name (WHAT(1) and WHAT(2) of the MATERIAL option,
> namely atomic number and weight, are ignored).
>
> Unless the elements specified by MATERIAL are used also separately as
> single elements, their density is irrelevant.
>
> Read the manual!
>
> Alberto
>
>>
>> Dear Experts,
>>
>>
>>     I’m a novice of Fluka. Recently, I wish to transport neutrons (a part
>> of them with energy less than 20 MeV) generated by proton, and there is a
>> material of ordinary polyethylene (CH2) as shielding in the model.
>> Firstly, I define individual element (C & H) with low-mat card, as shown
>> in figure below. And now I have a little confusion about the density
>> of individual element, which is used to define compound (or alloy,
>> mixture), in the material card. Is it mass density of natural free element
>> (such as the density in Elements Table in Fluka) or weight of
>> corresponding element in the compound/alloy/mixture per volume or
>> something else?
>>
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