element_name

plasmapy.atomic.element_name(element: plasmapy.atomic.particle_class.Particle) → str

Return the name of an element.

Parameters:

argument (str, int, or Particle) – A str representing an element, isotope, or ion or an int representing an atomic number

Returns:

name – The name of the element.

Return type:

str

Raises:

• InvalidElementError – If the argument is a valid particle but not a valid element.
• InvalidParticleError – If the argument does not correspond to a valid particle.
• TypeError – If the argument is not a str or int.

See also

atomic_symbol(), isotope_symbol(), ionic_symbol(), particle_symbol()

Examples

>>> element_name("H")
'hydrogen'
>>> element_name("T")
'hydrogen'
>>> element_name("alpha")
'helium'
>>> element_name(42)
'molybdenum'
>>> element_name("C-12")
'carbon'