Particles (plasmapy.particles
)¶
Introduction¶
The particles
subpackage provides access to information about
atoms, ions, isotopes, and other particles.
See Also¶
The mendeleev Python package provides access to properties of elements, isotopes, and ions in the periodic table of elements.
Reference/API¶
Functions¶
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Return the number of protons in an atom, isotope, or ion. |
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Return the atomic symbol. |
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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. |
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Return the electric charge (in coulombs) of a particle. |
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Return the name of an element. |
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Return the half-life in seconds for unstable isotopes and particles, and |
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Return the integer charge of a particle. |
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Return the ionic symbol of an ion or neutral atom. |
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Return the symbol representing an isotope. |
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Return the isotopic abundances if known, and otherwise zero. |
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A convenient form of |
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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. |
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Get the mass number (the number of protons and neutrons) of an isotope. |
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Return the nuclear binding energy associated with an isotope. |
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Return the released energy from a nuclear reaction. |
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Convert arguments to methods and functions to |
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Return the mass of a particle. |
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Return the symbol of a particle. |
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Find the reduced mass between two particles. |
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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. |
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Return the standard (conventional) atomic weight of an element based on the relative abundances of isotopes in terrestrial environments. |
Classes¶
An abstract base class that defines the interface for particles. |
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Base class for particles that are defined with physical units. |
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A class to represent custom particles. |
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A class to represent dimensionless custom particles. |
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Representation of the ionic fraction for a single ion. |
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Representation of the ionization state distribution of a single element or isotope. |
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Describe the ionization state distributions of multiple elements or isotopes. |
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A class for an individual particle or antiparticle. |
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Variables¶
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Create an object with taxonomy information for special particles. |
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Class Inheritance Diagram¶
