plasmapy.particles.symbols

Functions that deal with string representations of atomic symbols and numbers.

Functions

atomic_symbol(element)	Return the atomic symbol.
element_name(element)	Return the name of an element.
ionic_symbol(particle, *[, mass_numb, Z])	Return the ionic symbol of an ion or neutral atom.
isotope_symbol(isotope[, mass_numb])	Return the symbol representing an isotope.
particle_symbol(particle, *[, mass_numb, Z])	Return the symbol of a particle.