plasmapy.particles.atomic

Functions that retrieve or are related to elemental or isotopic data.

Functions

atomic_number(element)	Return the number of protons in an atom, isotope, or ion.
charge_number(particle)	Return the charge number of a particle.
common_isotopes([argument, most_common_only])	Return a list of isotopes of an element with an isotopic abundances greater than zero, or if no input is provided, a list of all such isotopes for every element.
electric_charge(particle)	Return the electric charge (in coulombs) of a particle.
half_life(particle[, mass_numb])	Return the half-life in seconds for unstable isotopes and particles, and inf seconds for stable isotopes and particles.
ionic_levels(particle[, min_charge, max_charge])	Return a ParticleList that includes different ionic levels of a base atom.
is_stable(particle[, mass_numb])	Return True for stable isotopes and particles and False for unstable isotopes.
isotopic_abundance(isotope[, mass_numb])	Return the isotopic abundances if known, and otherwise zero.
known_isotopes([argument])	Return a list of all known isotopes of an element, or a list of all known isotopes of every element if no input is provided.
mass_number(isotope)	Get the mass number (the number of protons and neutrons) of an isotope.
particle_mass(particle, *[, mass_numb, Z])	Return the mass of a particle.
periodic_table_block(argument)	Return the periodic table block.
periodic_table_category(argument)	Return the periodic table category.
periodic_table_group(argument)	Return the periodic table group.
periodic_table_period(argument)	Return the periodic table period.
reduced_mass(test_particle, target_particle)	Find the reduced mass between two particles.
stable_isotopes([argument, unstable])	Return a list of all stable isotopes of an element, or if no input is provided, a list of all such isotopes for every element.
standard_atomic_weight(element)	Return the standard (conventional) atomic weight of an element based on the relative abundances of isotopes in terrestrial environments.
stopping_power(incident_particle, material)	Calculate stopping powers for a provided particle in a provided material.