The Atomic Package (plasmapy.atomic)

Introduction

plasmapy.atomic provides access to information about atoms, ions, isotopes, and other particles.

Submodules

• Particle Class
  • Creating a Particle Instance
  • Accessing Particle Properties
  • Categories
  • Conditionals and Equality Properties
  • Returning Antiparticles
• Functions
  • Symbols and Names
  • Particle Properties
  • Isotopes
  • Stability
  • Additional Properties
• Nuclear Reactions
  • Binding Energy
  • Nuclear Reactions
• Decorators
  • plasmapy.atomic.particle_input

See Also

• The mendeleev Python package provides access to properties of elements, isotopes, and ions in the periodic table of elements.

Reference/API

Functions

atomic_number(element)	Return the number of protons in an atom, isotope, or ion.
atomic_symbol(element)	Return the atomic symbol.
common_isotopes(argument, int] = None, …)	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.
electric_charge(particle)	Return the electric charge (in coulombs) of a particle.
element_name(element)	Return the name of an element.
half_life(particle, mass_numb)	Return the half-life in seconds for unstable isotopes and particles, and numpy.inf in seconds for stable isotopes and particles.
integer_charge(particle)	Return the integer charge of a particle.
ionic_symbol(particle, mass_numb, Z)	Return the ionic symbol of an ion or neutral atom.
is_stable(particle, mass_numb)	Return True for stable isotopes and particles and False for unstable isotopes.
isotope_symbol(isotope, mass_numb)	Return the symbol representing an isotope.
isotopic_abundance(isotope, mass_numb)	Return the isotopic abundances if known, and otherwise zero.
known_isotopes(argument, int] = None)	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.
mass_number(isotope)	Get the mass number (the number of protons and neutrons) of an isotope.
nuclear_binding_energy(particle, mass_numb)	Return the nuclear binding energy associated with an isotope.
nuclear_reaction_energy(*args, **kwargs)	Return the released energy from a nuclear reaction.
particle_input(wrapped_function, require, …)	Convert arguments to methods and functions to Particle objects.
particle_mass(particle, *, Z, mass_numb)	Return the mass of a particle.
particle_symbol(particle, mass_numb, Z)	Return the symbol of a particle.
reduced_mass(test_particle, target_particle)	Find the reduced mass between two particles.
stable_isotopes(argument, int] = None, unstable)	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.
standard_atomic_weight(element)	Return the standard (conventional) atomic weight of an element based on the relative abundances of isotopes in terrestrial environments.

Classes

Particle(argument, int], mass_numb, Z)

A class for an individual particle or antiparticle.

Class Inheritance Diagram