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BurnMan 3.0.0a0 documentation
  • Introducing BurnMan 3.0
  • The BurnMan Tutorials
    • Part 1: Material Classes
    • Part 2: The Composition Class
    • Part 3: Layers and Planets
    • Part 4: Fitting
    • Part 5: Equilibrium problems
    • CIDER Tutorial 2014
  • Materials
    • Material Base Class
    • Mineral Classes
      • Mineral Base Class
      • Combined Mineral Class
      • Equations of State for Minerals
      • Mineral Property Modifiers
    • Solutions
      • The Solution Class
      • Solution Model Classes
    • Elastic Solution Class
      • The Elastic Solution Class
      • Elastic Solution Model Classes
    • Composite Class
    • PerpleX Class
  • Anisotropic Materials
    • Anisotropic Materials
    • Anisotropic Mineral Class
    • Anisotropic Solution Class
  • Relaxed Material Classes
    • Relaxed Solution Class
    • Relaxed Anisotropic Solution Class
    • Relaxed Composite Class
  • Averaging Schemes
  • Mineral Datasets
  • Calibrants
  • Seismic Models
  • Geotherms
  • Composition Class
  • Layers and Planets
  • Material Polytopes
  • Fitting Model Parameters to Data
    • Fitting Model Compositions to Data
    • Fitting Equation of State Parameters to Data
    • Fitting Solution Model Parameters to Data
  • Equilibration
  • Thermobarometry
  • Tools
  • Utility Functions
  • Examples
    • Class examples
    • Simple Examples
    • More Advanced Examples
    • Reproducing Cottaar, Heister, Rose and Unterborn (2014)
    • Misc or work in progress
  • Autogenerated Full API
    • Materials
    • Perple_X Class
    • Minerals
    • Solutions
    • Mineral helpers
    • Anisotropic materials
    • Composites
    • Calibrants
    • Equation of State Classes and Functions
    • Solution models
    • Solution tools
    • Compositions
    • Polytopes
    • Averaging Schemes
    • Geotherms
    • Layers and Planets
    • Thermodynamics
    • Equilibrium Thermodynamics
    • Seismic Models
    • Mineral databases
    • Calibrant databases
    • Optimization
    • Tools
    • Utilities
  • Bibliography
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MaterialsΒΆ

A key feature of BurnMan is its modular treatment of materials. Materials are represented by classes that define their thermodynamic and seismic properties.

  • Material Base Class
  • Mineral Classes
  • Solutions
  • Elastic Solution Class
  • Composite Class
  • PerpleX Class
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