Module diskchef.engine.weights

Functions

def mol_weight(mol: str) ‑> Unit("u")

Python version of ANDES / ALCHEMIC aweight FORTRAN function

Uses the same element weights as ANDES, see more: https://gitlab.com/ANDES-dev/ANDES2/-/blob/f549fdf0/src/ChemistryAdds.f90#L62

Args

mol

str – String containing ANDES-standard species name

Returns

molecular weight, in astropy.units.u

Usage

>>> mol_weight('H2CO') #doctest: +ELLIPSIS
<Quantity 30... u>

Raises

ValueError - if given name of the molecule is not ANDES-standard