How to use

How do I use this library?

In order to be able to use this library, you should install it to your project. Afterwards, you can do the following actions:

• Get all chemical substances from the entire periodic table

• Get a specific substance from the periodic table by:

  • Atomic number

  • Symbol or name

• Get a list of substances from the periodic table by period and group

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How to use the library

The above goals can be attained using the periodic table static class, PeriodicTableParser, responsible for loading information about every single substance. Expand one of the expandables below:

Obtaining substances

You can get a single substance or a list of substances using one of the following functions:

Function	Description
GetSubstances()	Gets all the substances from the whole table, or gets a list of substances that are found within a period and a group.
GetSubstanceFromName()	Gets a chemical substance from its name (case-insensitive)
GetSubstance()	Gets a chemical substance from either its symbol or its atomic number

Checking substances

You can also check to see if a substance exists in the periodic table without having to handle exceptions thrown by the above functions using the following IsRegistered() functions:

• AreSubstancesRegistered()

  • Checks to see if there are substances within a period and a group

• IsSubstanceRegisteredName()

  • Checks to see if there is a chemical substance by its name (case-insensitive)

• IsSubstanceRegistered()

  • Checks to see if there is a chemical substance by either its symbol or its atomic number