OpenMC/docs/source/io_formats/depletion_chain.rst
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.. _io_depletion_chain:
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Depletion Chain -- chain.xml
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A depletion chain file has a ``<depletion_chain>`` root element with one or more
``<nuclide>`` child elements. The decay, reaction, and fission product data for
each nuclide appears as child elements of ``<nuclide>``.
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``<nuclide>`` Element
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The ``<nuclide>`` element contains information on the decay modes, reactions,
and fission product yields for a given nuclide in the depletion chain. This
element may have the following attributes:
:name:
Name of the nuclide
:half_life:
Half-life of the nuclide in [s]
:decay_modes:
Number of decay modes present
:decay_energy:
Decay energy released in [eV]
:reactions:
Number of reactions present
For each decay mode, a :ref:`io_chain_decay` appears as a child of
``<nuclide>``. For each reaction present, a :ref:`io_chain_reaction` appears as
a child of ``<nuclide>``. If the nuclide is fissionable, a :ref:`io_chain_nfy`
appears as well.
.. _io_chain_decay:
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``<decay>`` Element
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The ``<decay>`` element represents a single decay mode and has the following
attributes:
:type:
The type of the decay, e.g. 'ec/beta+'
:target:
The daughter nuclide produced from the decay
:branching_ratio:
The branching ratio for this decay mode
.. _io_chain_reaction:
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``<reaction>`` Element
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The ``<reaction>`` element represents a single transmutation reaction. This
element has the following attributes:
:type:
The type of the reaction, e.g., '(n,gamma)'
:Q:
The Q value of the reaction in [eV]
:target:
The nuclide produced in the reaction (absent if the type is 'fission')
:branching_ratio:
The branching ratio for the reaction
.. _io_chain_nfy:
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``<neutron_fission_yields>`` Element
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The ``<neutron_fission_yields>`` element provides yields of fission products for
fissionable nuclides. It has the follow sub-elements:
:energies:
Energies in [eV] at which yields for products are tabulated
:fission_yields:
Fission product yields for a single energy point. This element itself has a
number of attributes/sub-elements:
:energy:
Energy in [eV] at which yields are tabulated
:products:
Names of fission products
:data:
Independent yields for each fission product