ElementΒΆ

This class is used to describe the periodic table in SAMSON.

Typically, this class is used when constructing atoms, or when accessing properties of periodic table elements:

from samson.Modeling.Element import Element, ElementTable

# get an element based on the element type
C = ElementTable.getElement(Element.Carbon)

# print Carbon's covalent radius
C.covalentRadius

Note that convenience functions exist in samson.Modeling.StructuralModel.Atom to access the properties of their element:

atom.getCovalentRadius();

See also

SAMSON API: SBMElement

class samson.Modeling.Element.ElementΒΆ

Bases: pybind11_builtins.pybind11_object

This class describes a periodic table element.

class ElementType(self: samson.Modeling.Element.Element.ElementType, arg0: int) → NoneΒΆ

Bases: pybind11_builtins.pybind11_object

Ac = ElementType.ActiniumΒΆ
Actinium = ElementType.ActiniumΒΆ
Ag = ElementType.SilverΒΆ
Al = ElementType.AluminiumΒΆ
Aluminium = ElementType.AluminiumΒΆ
Am = ElementType.AmericiumΒΆ
Americium = ElementType.AmericiumΒΆ
Antimony = ElementType.AntimonyΒΆ
Ar = ElementType.ArgonΒΆ
Argon = ElementType.ArgonΒΆ
Arsenic = ElementType.ArsenicΒΆ
As = ElementType.ArsenicΒΆ
Astatine = ElementType.AstatineΒΆ
At = ElementType.AstatineΒΆ
Au = ElementType.GoldΒΆ
B = ElementType.BoronΒΆ
Ba = ElementType.BariumΒΆ
Barium = ElementType.BariumΒΆ
Be = ElementType.BerylliumΒΆ
Berkelium = ElementType.BerkeliumΒΆ
Beryllium = ElementType.BerylliumΒΆ
Bh = ElementType.BohriumΒΆ
Bi = ElementType.BismuthΒΆ
Bismuth = ElementType.BismuthΒΆ
Bk = ElementType.BerkeliumΒΆ
Bohrium = ElementType.BohriumΒΆ
Boron = ElementType.BoronΒΆ
Br = ElementType.BromineΒΆ
Bromine = ElementType.BromineΒΆ
C = ElementType.CarbonΒΆ
Ca = ElementType.CalciumΒΆ
Cadmium = ElementType.CadmiumΒΆ
Caesium = ElementType.CaesiumΒΆ
Calcium = ElementType.CalciumΒΆ
Californium = ElementType.CaliforniumΒΆ
Carbon = ElementType.CarbonΒΆ
Cd = ElementType.CadmiumΒΆ
Ce = ElementType.CeriumΒΆ
Cerium = ElementType.CeriumΒΆ
Cf = ElementType.CaliforniumΒΆ
Chlorine = ElementType.ChlorineΒΆ
Chromium = ElementType.ChromiumΒΆ
Cl = ElementType.ChlorineΒΆ
Cm = ElementType.CuriumΒΆ
Cn = ElementType.CoperniciumΒΆ
Co = ElementType.CobaltΒΆ
Cobalt = ElementType.CobaltΒΆ
Copernicium = ElementType.CoperniciumΒΆ
Copper = ElementType.CopperΒΆ
Cr = ElementType.ChromiumΒΆ
Cs = ElementType.CaesiumΒΆ
Cu = ElementType.CopperΒΆ
Curium = ElementType.CuriumΒΆ
Darmstadtium = ElementType.DarmstadtiumΒΆ
Db = ElementType.DubniumΒΆ
Ds = ElementType.DarmstadtiumΒΆ
Dubnium = ElementType.DubniumΒΆ
Dy = ElementType.DysprosiumΒΆ
Dysprosium = ElementType.DysprosiumΒΆ
Einsteinium = ElementType.EinsteiniumΒΆ
Er = ElementType.ErbiumΒΆ
Erbium = ElementType.ErbiumΒΆ
Es = ElementType.EinsteiniumΒΆ
Eu = ElementType.EuropiumΒΆ
Europium = ElementType.EuropiumΒΆ
F = ElementType.FluorineΒΆ
Fe = ElementType.IronΒΆ
Fermium = ElementType.FermiumΒΆ
Fluorine = ElementType.FluorineΒΆ
Fm = ElementType.FermiumΒΆ
Fr = ElementType.FranciumΒΆ
Francium = ElementType.FranciumΒΆ
Ga = ElementType.GalliumΒΆ
Gadolinium = ElementType.GadoliniumΒΆ
Gallium = ElementType.GalliumΒΆ
Gd = ElementType.GadoliniumΒΆ
Ge = ElementType.GermaniumΒΆ
Germanium = ElementType.GermaniumΒΆ
Gold = ElementType.GoldΒΆ
H = ElementType.HydrogenΒΆ
Hafnium = ElementType.HafniumΒΆ
Hassium = ElementType.HassiumΒΆ
He = ElementType.HeliumΒΆ
Helium = ElementType.HeliumΒΆ
Hf = ElementType.HafniumΒΆ
Hg = ElementType.MercuryΒΆ
Ho = ElementType.HolmiumΒΆ
Holmium = ElementType.HolmiumΒΆ
Hs = ElementType.HassiumΒΆ
Hydrogen = ElementType.HydrogenΒΆ
I = ElementType.IodineΒΆ
In = ElementType.IndiumΒΆ
Indium = ElementType.IndiumΒΆ
Iodine = ElementType.IodineΒΆ
Ir = ElementType.IridiumΒΆ
Iridium = ElementType.IridiumΒΆ
Iron = ElementType.IronΒΆ
K = ElementType.PotassiumΒΆ
Kr = ElementType.KryptonΒΆ
Krypton = ElementType.KryptonΒΆ
La = ElementType.LanthanumΒΆ
Lanthanum = ElementType.LanthanumΒΆ
Lawrencium = ElementType.LawrenciumΒΆ
Lead = ElementType.LeadΒΆ
Li = ElementType.LithiumΒΆ
Lithium = ElementType.LithiumΒΆ
Lr = ElementType.LawrenciumΒΆ
Lu = ElementType.LutetiumΒΆ
Lutetium = ElementType.LutetiumΒΆ
Magnesium = ElementType.MagnesiumΒΆ
Manganese = ElementType.ManganeseΒΆ
Md = ElementType.MendeleviumΒΆ
Meitnerium = ElementType.MeitneriumΒΆ
Mendelevium = ElementType.MendeleviumΒΆ
Mercury = ElementType.MercuryΒΆ
Mg = ElementType.MagnesiumΒΆ
Mn = ElementType.ManganeseΒΆ
Mo = ElementType.MolybdenumΒΆ
Molybdenum = ElementType.MolybdenumΒΆ
Mt = ElementType.MeitneriumΒΆ
N = ElementType.NitrogenΒΆ
Na = ElementType.SodiumΒΆ
Nb = ElementType.NiobiumΒΆ
Nd = ElementType.NeodymiumΒΆ
Ne = ElementType.NeonΒΆ
Neodymium = ElementType.NeodymiumΒΆ
Neon = ElementType.NeonΒΆ
Neptunium = ElementType.NeptuniumΒΆ
Ni = ElementType.NickelΒΆ
Nickel = ElementType.NickelΒΆ
Niobium = ElementType.NiobiumΒΆ
Nitrogen = ElementType.NitrogenΒΆ
No = ElementType.NobeliumΒΆ
Nobelium = ElementType.NobeliumΒΆ
Np = ElementType.NeptuniumΒΆ
O = ElementType.OxygenΒΆ
Os = ElementType.OsmiumΒΆ
Osmium = ElementType.OsmiumΒΆ
Oxygen = ElementType.OxygenΒΆ
P = ElementType.PhosphorusΒΆ
Pa = ElementType.ProtactiniumΒΆ
Palladium = ElementType.PalladiumΒΆ
Pb = ElementType.LeadΒΆ
Pd = ElementType.PalladiumΒΆ
Phosphorus = ElementType.PhosphorusΒΆ
Platinum = ElementType.PlatinumΒΆ
Plutonium = ElementType.PlutoniumΒΆ
Pm = ElementType.PromethiumΒΆ
Po = ElementType.PoloniumΒΆ
Polonium = ElementType.PoloniumΒΆ
Potassium = ElementType.PotassiumΒΆ
Pr = ElementType.PraseodymiumΒΆ
Praseodymium = ElementType.PraseodymiumΒΆ
Promethium = ElementType.PromethiumΒΆ
Protactinium = ElementType.ProtactiniumΒΆ
Pt = ElementType.PlatinumΒΆ
Pu = ElementType.PlutoniumΒΆ
Ra = ElementType.RadiumΒΆ
Radium = ElementType.RadiumΒΆ
Radon = ElementType.RadonΒΆ
Rb = ElementType.RubidiumΒΆ
Re = ElementType.RheniumΒΆ
Rf = ElementType.RutherfordiumΒΆ
Rg = ElementType.RoentgeniumΒΆ
Rh = ElementType.RhodiumΒΆ
Rhenium = ElementType.RheniumΒΆ
Rhodium = ElementType.RhodiumΒΆ
Rn = ElementType.RadonΒΆ
Roentgenium = ElementType.RoentgeniumΒΆ
Ru = ElementType.RutheniumΒΆ
Rubidium = ElementType.RubidiumΒΆ
Ruthenium = ElementType.RutheniumΒΆ
Rutherfordium = ElementType.RutherfordiumΒΆ
S = ElementType.SulfurΒΆ
Samarium = ElementType.SamariumΒΆ
Sb = ElementType.AntimonyΒΆ
Sc = ElementType.ScandiumΒΆ
Scandium = ElementType.ScandiumΒΆ
Se = ElementType.SeleniumΒΆ
Seaborgium = ElementType.SeaborgiumΒΆ
Selenium = ElementType.SeleniumΒΆ
Sg = ElementType.SeaborgiumΒΆ
Si = ElementType.SiliconΒΆ
Silicon = ElementType.SiliconΒΆ
Silver = ElementType.SilverΒΆ
Sm = ElementType.SamariumΒΆ
Sn = ElementType.TinΒΆ
Sodium = ElementType.SodiumΒΆ
Sr = ElementType.StrontiumΒΆ
Strontium = ElementType.StrontiumΒΆ
Sulfur = ElementType.SulfurΒΆ
Ta = ElementType.TantalumΒΆ
Tantalum = ElementType.TantalumΒΆ
Tb = ElementType.TerbiumΒΆ
Tc = ElementType.TechnetiumΒΆ
Te = ElementType.TelluriumΒΆ
Technetium = ElementType.TechnetiumΒΆ
Tellurium = ElementType.TelluriumΒΆ
Terbium = ElementType.TerbiumΒΆ
Th = ElementType.ThoriumΒΆ
Thallium = ElementType.ThalliumΒΆ
Thorium = ElementType.ThoriumΒΆ
Thulium = ElementType.ThuliumΒΆ
Ti = ElementType.TitaniumΒΆ
Tin = ElementType.TinΒΆ
Titanium = ElementType.TitaniumΒΆ
Tl = ElementType.ThalliumΒΆ
Tm = ElementType.ThuliumΒΆ
Tungsten = ElementType.TungstenΒΆ
U = ElementType.UraniumΒΆ
Un = ElementType.UnknownΒΆ
Unknown = ElementType.UnknownΒΆ
Ununhexium = ElementType.UnunhexiumΒΆ
Ununoctium = ElementType.UnunoctiumΒΆ
Ununpentium = ElementType.UnunpentiumΒΆ
Ununquadium = ElementType.UnunquadiumΒΆ
Ununseptium = ElementType.UnunseptiumΒΆ
Ununtrium = ElementType.UnuntriumΒΆ
Uranium = ElementType.UraniumΒΆ
Uuh = ElementType.UnunhexiumΒΆ
Uuo = ElementType.UnunoctiumΒΆ
Uup = ElementType.UnunpentiumΒΆ
Uuq = ElementType.UnunquadiumΒΆ
Uus = ElementType.UnunseptiumΒΆ
Uut = ElementType.UnuntriumΒΆ
V = ElementType.VanadiumΒΆ
Vanadium = ElementType.VanadiumΒΆ
W = ElementType.TungstenΒΆ
Xe = ElementType.XenonΒΆ
Xenon = ElementType.XenonΒΆ
Y = ElementType.YttriumΒΆ
Yb = ElementType.YtterbiumΒΆ
Ytterbium = ElementType.YtterbiumΒΆ
Yttrium = ElementType.YttriumΒΆ
Zinc = ElementType.ZincΒΆ
Zirconium = ElementType.ZirconiumΒΆ
Zn = ElementType.ZincΒΆ
Zr = ElementType.ZirconiumΒΆ
printDebugInfo(self: samson.Modeling.Element.Element, offset: int=0) → NoneΒΆ

Prints the element

Ac = ElementType.ActiniumΒΆ
Actinium = ElementType.ActiniumΒΆ
Ag = ElementType.SilverΒΆ
Al = ElementType.AluminiumΒΆ
Aluminium = ElementType.AluminiumΒΆ
Am = ElementType.AmericiumΒΆ
Americium = ElementType.AmericiumΒΆ
Antimony = ElementType.AntimonyΒΆ
Ar = ElementType.ArgonΒΆ
Argon = ElementType.ArgonΒΆ
Arsenic = ElementType.ArsenicΒΆ
As = ElementType.ArsenicΒΆ
Astatine = ElementType.AstatineΒΆ
At = ElementType.AstatineΒΆ
Au = ElementType.GoldΒΆ
B = ElementType.BoronΒΆ
Ba = ElementType.BariumΒΆ
Barium = ElementType.BariumΒΆ
Be = ElementType.BerylliumΒΆ
Berkelium = ElementType.BerkeliumΒΆ
Beryllium = ElementType.BerylliumΒΆ
Bh = ElementType.BohriumΒΆ
Bi = ElementType.BismuthΒΆ
Bismuth = ElementType.BismuthΒΆ
Bk = ElementType.BerkeliumΒΆ
Bohrium = ElementType.BohriumΒΆ
Boron = ElementType.BoronΒΆ
Br = ElementType.BromineΒΆ
Bromine = ElementType.BromineΒΆ
C = ElementType.CarbonΒΆ
Ca = ElementType.CalciumΒΆ
Cadmium = ElementType.CadmiumΒΆ
Caesium = ElementType.CaesiumΒΆ
Calcium = ElementType.CalciumΒΆ
Californium = ElementType.CaliforniumΒΆ
Carbon = ElementType.CarbonΒΆ
Cd = ElementType.CadmiumΒΆ
Ce = ElementType.CeriumΒΆ
Cerium = ElementType.CeriumΒΆ
Cf = ElementType.CaliforniumΒΆ
Chlorine = ElementType.ChlorineΒΆ
Chromium = ElementType.ChromiumΒΆ
Cl = ElementType.ChlorineΒΆ
Cm = ElementType.CuriumΒΆ
Cn = ElementType.CoperniciumΒΆ
Co = ElementType.CobaltΒΆ
Cobalt = ElementType.CobaltΒΆ
Copernicium = ElementType.CoperniciumΒΆ
Copper = ElementType.CopperΒΆ
Cr = ElementType.ChromiumΒΆ
Cs = ElementType.CaesiumΒΆ
Cu = ElementType.CopperΒΆ
Curium = ElementType.CuriumΒΆ
Darmstadtium = ElementType.DarmstadtiumΒΆ
Db = ElementType.DubniumΒΆ
Ds = ElementType.DarmstadtiumΒΆ
Dubnium = ElementType.DubniumΒΆ
Dy = ElementType.DysprosiumΒΆ
Dysprosium = ElementType.DysprosiumΒΆ
Einsteinium = ElementType.EinsteiniumΒΆ
Er = ElementType.ErbiumΒΆ
Erbium = ElementType.ErbiumΒΆ
Es = ElementType.EinsteiniumΒΆ
Eu = ElementType.EuropiumΒΆ
Europium = ElementType.EuropiumΒΆ
F = ElementType.FluorineΒΆ
Fe = ElementType.IronΒΆ
Fermium = ElementType.FermiumΒΆ
Fluorine = ElementType.FluorineΒΆ
Fm = ElementType.FermiumΒΆ
Fr = ElementType.FranciumΒΆ
Francium = ElementType.FranciumΒΆ
Ga = ElementType.GalliumΒΆ
Gadolinium = ElementType.GadoliniumΒΆ
Gallium = ElementType.GalliumΒΆ
Gd = ElementType.GadoliniumΒΆ
Ge = ElementType.GermaniumΒΆ
Germanium = ElementType.GermaniumΒΆ
Gold = ElementType.GoldΒΆ
H = ElementType.HydrogenΒΆ
Hafnium = ElementType.HafniumΒΆ
Hassium = ElementType.HassiumΒΆ
He = ElementType.HeliumΒΆ
Helium = ElementType.HeliumΒΆ
Hf = ElementType.HafniumΒΆ
Hg = ElementType.MercuryΒΆ
Ho = ElementType.HolmiumΒΆ
Holmium = ElementType.HolmiumΒΆ
Hs = ElementType.HassiumΒΆ
Hydrogen = ElementType.HydrogenΒΆ
I = ElementType.IodineΒΆ
In = ElementType.IndiumΒΆ
Indium = ElementType.IndiumΒΆ
Iodine = ElementType.IodineΒΆ
Ir = ElementType.IridiumΒΆ
Iridium = ElementType.IridiumΒΆ
Iron = ElementType.IronΒΆ
K = ElementType.PotassiumΒΆ
Kr = ElementType.KryptonΒΆ
Krypton = ElementType.KryptonΒΆ
La = ElementType.LanthanumΒΆ
Lanthanum = ElementType.LanthanumΒΆ
Lawrencium = ElementType.LawrenciumΒΆ
Lead = ElementType.LeadΒΆ
Li = ElementType.LithiumΒΆ
Lithium = ElementType.LithiumΒΆ
Lr = ElementType.LawrenciumΒΆ
Lu = ElementType.LutetiumΒΆ
Lutetium = ElementType.LutetiumΒΆ
Magnesium = ElementType.MagnesiumΒΆ
Manganese = ElementType.ManganeseΒΆ
Md = ElementType.MendeleviumΒΆ
Meitnerium = ElementType.MeitneriumΒΆ
Mendelevium = ElementType.MendeleviumΒΆ
Mercury = ElementType.MercuryΒΆ
Mg = ElementType.MagnesiumΒΆ
Mn = ElementType.ManganeseΒΆ
Mo = ElementType.MolybdenumΒΆ
Molybdenum = ElementType.MolybdenumΒΆ
Mt = ElementType.MeitneriumΒΆ
N = ElementType.NitrogenΒΆ
Na = ElementType.SodiumΒΆ
Nb = ElementType.NiobiumΒΆ
Nd = ElementType.NeodymiumΒΆ
Ne = ElementType.NeonΒΆ
Neodymium = ElementType.NeodymiumΒΆ
Neon = ElementType.NeonΒΆ
Neptunium = ElementType.NeptuniumΒΆ
Ni = ElementType.NickelΒΆ
Nickel = ElementType.NickelΒΆ
Niobium = ElementType.NiobiumΒΆ
Nitrogen = ElementType.NitrogenΒΆ
No = ElementType.NobeliumΒΆ
Nobelium = ElementType.NobeliumΒΆ
Np = ElementType.NeptuniumΒΆ
O = ElementType.OxygenΒΆ
Os = ElementType.OsmiumΒΆ
Osmium = ElementType.OsmiumΒΆ
Oxygen = ElementType.OxygenΒΆ
P = ElementType.PhosphorusΒΆ
Pa = ElementType.ProtactiniumΒΆ
Palladium = ElementType.PalladiumΒΆ
Pb = ElementType.LeadΒΆ
Pd = ElementType.PalladiumΒΆ
Phosphorus = ElementType.PhosphorusΒΆ
Platinum = ElementType.PlatinumΒΆ
Plutonium = ElementType.PlutoniumΒΆ
Pm = ElementType.PromethiumΒΆ
Po = ElementType.PoloniumΒΆ
Polonium = ElementType.PoloniumΒΆ
Potassium = ElementType.PotassiumΒΆ
Pr = ElementType.PraseodymiumΒΆ
Praseodymium = ElementType.PraseodymiumΒΆ
Promethium = ElementType.PromethiumΒΆ
Protactinium = ElementType.ProtactiniumΒΆ
Pt = ElementType.PlatinumΒΆ
Pu = ElementType.PlutoniumΒΆ
Ra = ElementType.RadiumΒΆ
Radium = ElementType.RadiumΒΆ
Radon = ElementType.RadonΒΆ
Rb = ElementType.RubidiumΒΆ
Re = ElementType.RheniumΒΆ
Rf = ElementType.RutherfordiumΒΆ
Rg = ElementType.RoentgeniumΒΆ
Rh = ElementType.RhodiumΒΆ
Rhenium = ElementType.RheniumΒΆ
Rhodium = ElementType.RhodiumΒΆ
Rn = ElementType.RadonΒΆ
Roentgenium = ElementType.RoentgeniumΒΆ
Ru = ElementType.RutheniumΒΆ
Rubidium = ElementType.RubidiumΒΆ
Ruthenium = ElementType.RutheniumΒΆ
Rutherfordium = ElementType.RutherfordiumΒΆ
S = ElementType.SulfurΒΆ
Samarium = ElementType.SamariumΒΆ
Sb = ElementType.AntimonyΒΆ
Sc = ElementType.ScandiumΒΆ
Scandium = ElementType.ScandiumΒΆ
Se = ElementType.SeleniumΒΆ
Seaborgium = ElementType.SeaborgiumΒΆ
Selenium = ElementType.SeleniumΒΆ
Sg = ElementType.SeaborgiumΒΆ
Si = ElementType.SiliconΒΆ
Silicon = ElementType.SiliconΒΆ
Silver = ElementType.SilverΒΆ
Sm = ElementType.SamariumΒΆ
Sn = ElementType.TinΒΆ
Sodium = ElementType.SodiumΒΆ
Sr = ElementType.StrontiumΒΆ
Strontium = ElementType.StrontiumΒΆ
Sulfur = ElementType.SulfurΒΆ
Ta = ElementType.TantalumΒΆ
Tantalum = ElementType.TantalumΒΆ
Tb = ElementType.TerbiumΒΆ
Tc = ElementType.TechnetiumΒΆ
Te = ElementType.TelluriumΒΆ
Technetium = ElementType.TechnetiumΒΆ
Tellurium = ElementType.TelluriumΒΆ
Terbium = ElementType.TerbiumΒΆ
Th = ElementType.ThoriumΒΆ
Thallium = ElementType.ThalliumΒΆ
Thorium = ElementType.ThoriumΒΆ
Thulium = ElementType.ThuliumΒΆ
Ti = ElementType.TitaniumΒΆ
Tin = ElementType.TinΒΆ
Titanium = ElementType.TitaniumΒΆ
Tl = ElementType.ThalliumΒΆ
Tm = ElementType.ThuliumΒΆ
Tungsten = ElementType.TungstenΒΆ
U = ElementType.UraniumΒΆ
Un = ElementType.UnknownΒΆ
Unknown = ElementType.UnknownΒΆ
Ununhexium = ElementType.UnunhexiumΒΆ
Ununoctium = ElementType.UnunoctiumΒΆ
Ununpentium = ElementType.UnunpentiumΒΆ
Ununquadium = ElementType.UnunquadiumΒΆ
Ununseptium = ElementType.UnunseptiumΒΆ
Ununtrium = ElementType.UnuntriumΒΆ
Uranium = ElementType.UraniumΒΆ
Uuh = ElementType.UnunhexiumΒΆ
Uuo = ElementType.UnunoctiumΒΆ
Uup = ElementType.UnunpentiumΒΆ
Uuq = ElementType.UnunquadiumΒΆ
Uus = ElementType.UnunseptiumΒΆ
Uut = ElementType.UnuntriumΒΆ
V = ElementType.VanadiumΒΆ
Vanadium = ElementType.VanadiumΒΆ
W = ElementType.TungstenΒΆ
Xe = ElementType.XenonΒΆ
Xenon = ElementType.XenonΒΆ
Y = ElementType.YttriumΒΆ
Yb = ElementType.YtterbiumΒΆ
Ytterbium = ElementType.YtterbiumΒΆ
Yttrium = ElementType.YttriumΒΆ
Zinc = ElementType.ZincΒΆ
Zirconium = ElementType.ZirconiumΒΆ
Zn = ElementType.ZincΒΆ
Zr = ElementType.ZirconiumΒΆ
atomicWeightΒΆ

Returns the atomic weight of the element

blockΒΆ

Returns the block of the element

colorCPKΒΆ

Returns the CPK color of the element

covalentRadiusΒΆ

Returns the covalent radius of the element

electronegativityΒΆ

Returns the electronegativity of the element

groupΒΆ

Returns the group of the element

nameΒΆ

Returns the name of the element

periodΒΆ

Returns the period of the element

symbolΒΆ

Returns the symbol of the element

typeΒΆ

Returns the type of the element

vanDerWaalsRadiusΒΆ

Returns the van der Waals radius of the element