Atomic number and elemental symbols¶
- class PyAstronomy.pyasl.AtomicNo¶
Methods
getAtomicNo
(sym)Convert elemental symbol into atomic number.
getElSymbol
(atn)Convert atomic number into elemental symbol.
getElementName
(atn)Convert atomic number into elemental name.
showAll
()Print atomic number, elemental symbol, and element name.
- getAtomicNo(sym)¶
Convert elemental symbol into atomic number.
- Parameters
- symstring
Elemental symbol
- Returns
- Atomic numberint
Atomic number
- getElSymbol(atn)¶
Convert atomic number into elemental symbol.
- Parameters
- atnint
Atomic number
- Returns
- Symbolstring
Elemental symbol
- getElementName(atn)¶
Convert atomic number into elemental name.
- Parameters
- atnint
Atomic number
- Returns
- Namestring
Name of element
- showAll()¶
Print atomic number, elemental symbol, and element name.
Example¶
from __future__ import print_function, division
from PyAstronomy import pyasl
an = pyasl.AtomicNo()
# Show table with all atomic numbers, elemental
# symbols, and the names of the elements
an.showAll()
print(an.getElSymbol(26))
print(an.getAtomicNo("He"))
print(an.getElementName(25))