Re: Mathematica 9 IsotopeData is no longer self-consistent
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- Subject: [mg129607] Re: Mathematica 9 IsotopeData is no longer self-consistent
- From: Bob Hanlon <hanlonr357 at gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2013 02:42:58 -0500 (EST)
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You must have used "Name" rather than "FullSymbol" to get the name.
However, use "StandardName" vice "Name" for use in subsequent
commands.
IsotopeData["Np239", "Name"]
"neptunium-239"
sn = IsotopeData["Np239", "StandardName"]
"Neptunium239"
IsotopeData[sn, "DecayModes"]
{"BetaDecay", "AlphaEmission"}
IsotopeData[sn, #] & /@ %
{True, True}
Presumably you meant "AlphaEmission" rather than "AlphaDecay"
MemberQ[IsotopeData["Properties"], "AlphaDecay"]
False
Bob Hanlon
On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 2:24 AM, Xsk8Rat <mholmesa at gmail.com> wrote:
> Has anyone else run into this issue:
> IsotopeData[x,"FullSymbol"] returns a lower case string like "neptunium-239". However, IsotopeData[x] only recognizes strings that start out capitalized - like "Neptunium-239". So checking IsotopeData[x,"AlphaDecay"] requires a transformation that it did not require in oprevious versions.
> Thank You,
> Mark Holmes
>
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- Mathematica 9 IsotopeData is no longer self-consistent
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- Mathematica 9 IsotopeData is no longer self-consistent