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Atom

Under Construction

This documentation is auto-generated, and is a work in progress. Please see the source code at https://github.com/phetsims/nitroglycerin/blob/main/js/Atom.ts for the most up-to-date information.

Overview

Object for actual element properties (symbol, radius, etc.)

@author Jonathan Olson <jonathan.olson@colorado.edu>

Class Atom

import { Atom } from 'scenerystack/nitroglycerin';

Constructor

new Atom( element : Element )

Instance Methods

hasSameElement( atom : Atom ) : boolean

isHydrogen() : boolean

isCarbon() : boolean

isOxygen() : boolean

toString() : string

Instance Properties

element : Element

(readonly)

symbol : string

(readonly)

These are field of Element, unpacked here for convenience. See Element for documentation of these fields.

covalentRadius : number

(readonly)

covalentDiameter : number

(readonly)

electronegativity : number | null

(readonly)

atomicWeight : number

(readonly)

color : Color | string

(readonly)

reference : string

(readonly)

IDs for uniqueness and fast lookups

id : string

(readonly)

Static Methods

createAtomFromSymbol( symbol : string ) : Atom

Source Code

See the source for Atom.ts in the nitroglycerin repository.