elementum 0.0.7

A python module for getting information on the elements.

Elementum

General Information

Element is a Python library that allows users to easily get information on the elements. It also allows you to make compounds from those elements.

Documentation

To create an instance of an element, type:

import elementum
element = elementum.Element("Hydrogen")

Note that element = elementum.Element("H"), element = elementum.Element(1), or element = elementum.Element(1.008) will also work.

Once an element is created, you can view its properties with the identity function, used like this:

import element
h = elementum.Element("Hydrogen")
print(h.identity())

The identity property shows the element's:

• Name
• Symbol
• Atomic Number
• Atomic Mass (rounded to 3 decimal places)
• Type (Alkali metals, Noble gasses, etc.)
• Radioactivity (either True or False)

To view common compounds containing the element, there is another function called compounds.

import element
h = elementum.Element("Hydrogen")
print(h.compounds())

Last but not least, one can view the full periodic table with the table function.

import element
table = elementum.table()

Compounds

You can add elements together and multiply them to make compounds, like so:

import element
H = elementum.Element("Hydrogen")
O = elementum.Element("Oxygen")
water = H*2+O
print(water)