The Thermal Scattering Law Project

Harnessing modern methods for material modeling and high-fidelity thermal scattering evaluations, the Scattering Law Project provides access to nuclear thermal scattering data from fundamental inputs to benchmark testing on key reactor and nuclear criticality materials to inspire and support the next generation of nuclear applications.

Silicon Carbide (SiC)

Silicon carbide (SiC) contributes to fuel materials such as TRISO particles and is also considered a potential cladding material for advanced reactors. The 3C-SiC zincblende crystal structure was modeled using ab initio lattice dynamics (AILD) methods using the VASP and PHONON codes with the thermal scattering law (TSL) calculated using FLASSH 1.0.

Publications

Thermal Neutron Scattering Cross Sections for Silicon Carbide
 

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