dwvisser.nuclear
Class BindingEnergyTable

java.lang.Object
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  +--java.util.Dictionary
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        +--java.util.Hashtable
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              +--dwvisser.nuclear.BindingEnergyTable

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Cloneable, java.util.Map, java.io.Serializable

public class BindingEnergyTable

extends java.util.Hashtable

Class for storing binding energies. Has a hashtable storing binding energies (as UncertainNumber objects) with the Nucleus objects as keys. It also has a table mapping element symbols to element numbers.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

BindingEnergyTable()
Default constructor, necessary for loading from ObjectInputStream.

Method Summary

UncertainNumber	getBindingEnergy(Nucleus n) Get the binding energy in MeV of the specified nucleus.
int	getElementNumber(java.lang.String s) Get the element number for the specified element symbol, ignoring case.
java.util.Vector	getIsotopes(int Z) Return a Vector of Nucleus objects representing the isotopes of the given element.
java.lang.String	getSymbol(int Z) Get the element symbol for the specified element number.
static BindingEnergyTable	load()
static void	main(java.lang.String[] args) for testing purposes only

Methods inherited from class java.util.Hashtable

clear, clone, contains, containsKey, containsValue, elements, entrySet, equals, get, hashCode, isEmpty, keys, keySet, put, putAll, rehash, remove, size, toString, values

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

BindingEnergyTable

public BindingEnergyTable()

Default constructor, necessary for loading from ObjectInputStream.

Method Detail

getBindingEnergy

public UncertainNumber getBindingEnergy(Nucleus n)

Get the binding energy in MeV of the specified nucleus.

getSymbol

public java.lang.String getSymbol(int Z)

Get the element symbol for the specified element number.

getElementNumber

public int getElementNumber(java.lang.String s)

Get the element number for the specified element symbol, ignoring case. Because of the ambiguity between "n" for neutron and "N" for nitrogen, this only returns the 7, the element number of Nitrogen, for "n" and "N".

getIsotopes

public java.util.Vector getIsotopes(int Z)

Return a Vector of Nucleus objects representing the isotopes of the given element.

load

public static BindingEnergyTable load()

main

public static void main(java.lang.String[] args)

for testing purposes only