dwvisser.nuclear
Class Gas

java.lang.Object
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        +--dwvisser.nuclear.Gas

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public class Gas

extends Absorber

Implementation of Absorber for gasses.

Author:

Dale W Visser

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class dwvisser.nuclear.Absorber

CM, density, fractions, MICROGRAM_CM2, MIL, MILLIGRAM_CM2, thickness, Z

Constructor Summary

Gas(double length, double pressure, java.lang.String[] components, int[] atomsInMolecule)
Given thickness in millimeters, pressure in torr, element components, and the numbers of atoms for each element in the gas molecule, creates an instance of absorber.

Gas(double length, double pressure, java.lang.String component, int atomsInMolecule)

Method Summary

protected java.lang.Object	clone()
double	getDensity() Returns mass density of absorber in g/cm^3.
Absorber	getNewInstance(double factor) Returns new absorber identical to this one, with thickness multiplied by factor.
double	getThickness() Returns thickness in micrograms/cm^2.
static Gas	Isobutane(double length, double pressure) Static factory method for isobutane gas absorber.

Methods inherited from class dwvisser.nuclear.Absorber

getElements, getFractions, setFractions, setThickness, setThickness

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Gas

public Gas(double length,
           double pressure,
           java.lang.String[] components,
           int[] atomsInMolecule)
    throws NuclearException

Given thickness in millimeters, pressure in torr, element components, and the numbers of atoms for each element in the gas molecule, creates an instance of absorber.

Parameters:

length - in cm

pressure - in tor

components - elements symbols of molecular components

Gas

public Gas(double length,
           double pressure,
           java.lang.String component,
           int atomsInMolecule)
    throws NuclearException

Method Detail

getDensity

public double getDensity()

Description copied from class: Absorber

Returns mass density of absorber in g/cm^3.

Specified by:

getDensity in class Absorber

Isobutane

public static Gas Isobutane(double length,
                            double pressure)
                     throws NuclearException

Static factory method for isobutane gas absorber.

Parameters:

length - in cm

pressure - in torr

Returns:

isobutane gas absorber object

Throws:

NuclearException - if something goes wrong running Gas constructor

getThickness

public double getThickness()

Returns thickness in micrograms/cm^2.

Specified by:

getThickness in class Absorber

getNewInstance

public Absorber getNewInstance(double factor)

Description copied from class: Absorber

Returns new absorber identical to this one, with thickness multiplied by factor.

Specified by:

getNewInstance in class Absorber

clone

protected java.lang.Object clone()

Overrides:

clone in class java.lang.Object