periodic_table_group¶
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plasmapy.particles.atomic.
periodic_table_group
(argument: Union[str, numbers.Integral]) → numbers.Integral¶ Return the periodic table group.
Parameters: argument ( str
orint
) – Atomic number (either integer or string), atomic symbol (e.g.,"H"
, string), or element name (e.g.,"francium"
, string).Returns: group – The periodic table group of the element. Return type: int
Raises: TypeError
– If the argument is not astr
orint
.See also
- ~plasmapy.particles.periodic_table_period : returns periodic table
- period of element.
- ~plasmapy.particles.periodic_table_block : returns periodic table
- block of element.
- ~plasmapy.particles.periodic_table_category : returns periodic table
- category of element.
Examples
>>> periodic_table_group(18) 18 >>> periodic_table_group(24) 6 >>> periodic_table_group("Al") 13 >>> periodic_table_group("neon") 18 >>> periodic_table_group("barium") 2