IonicLevel¶

class plasmapy.particles.ionization_state.IonicLevel(ion: plasmapy.particles.particle_class.Particle, ionic_fraction=None, number_density=None)¶

Bases: object

Representation of the ionic fraction for a single ion.

Parameters

ion (ParticleLike) – The ion for the corresponding ionic fraction.
ionic_fraction (real number between 0 and 1, optional) – The fraction of an element or isotope that is at this ionization level.
number_density (Quantity, optional) – The number density of this ion.

Examples

>>> alpha_fraction = IonicLevel("alpha", ionic_fraction=0.31)
>>> alpha_fraction.ionic_symbol
'He-4 2+'
>>> alpha_fraction.integer_charge
2
>>> alpha_fraction.ionic_fraction
0.31

Attributes Summary

`integer_charge`	The integer charge of the ion.
`ionic_fraction`	The fraction of particles of an element that are at this ionization level.
`ionic_symbol`	The symbol of the ion.
`number_density`	The number density of the ion.

Attributes Documentation

integer_charge¶: The integer charge of the ion.

ionic_fraction¶

The fraction of particles of an element that are at this ionization level.

Notes

An ionic fraction must be in the interval \([0, 1]\).

If no ionic fraction is specified, then this attribute will be assigned the value of nan.

ionic_symbol¶: The symbol of the ion.

number_density¶: The number density of the ion.