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Enrichment of 2-Isotope Elements
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@ -61,6 +61,20 @@ following would add 3.2% enriched uranium to a material::
In addition to U235 and U238, concentrations of U234 and U236 will be present
and are determined through a correlation based on measured data.
It is also possible to perform enrichment of any element that is composed
of two naturally-occurring isotopes (e.g., Li or B) in terms of atomic percent.
To invoke this, provide the additional argument `enrichment_target` to
:meth:`Material.add_element`. For example the following would enrich B10
to 30ao%::
mat.add_element('B', 1.0, enrichment=30.0, enrichment_target='B10')
In order to enrich an isotope in terms of mass percent (wo%), provide the extra
argument `enrichment_type`. For example the following would enrich Li6 to 15wo%::
mat.add_element('Li', 1.0, enrichment=15.0, enrichment_target='Li6',
enrichment_type='wo')
Often, cross section libraries don't actually have all naturally-occurring
isotopes for a given element. For example, in ENDF/B-VII.1, cross section
evaluations are given for O16 and O17 but not for O18. If OpenMC is aware of