Table 2 Material properties of ThO2 used as input in the FEA model.

From: High temperature measurements and condensed matter analysis of the thermo-physical properties of ThO2

Property

Expression

Reference

linear thermal expansion E (T)*

9.9729 × 10−10T 2 + 7.8410 × 10−6T

Hoch22

density ρ(T)

ρ298{1+E}−3

Hoch22

(1064 nm)**

f(T)

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(645 nm)**

f(T)

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  1. *Fitted to reference experimental data.
  2. **See equation 2.