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))
