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Ionization Energies from the NIST Atomic Spectra Database

Source: R/nist.R
nist_ionization_energy.Rd

Retrieves ionization energies from the NIST Atomic Spectra Database, for example the ionization energy of the neutral atom needed by saha_boltzmann().

Usage

nist_ionization_energy(species, timeout = 120)

Arguments

species

A character vector of emitters in spectroscopic notation: "Ca I" gives the energy needed to ionize neutral calcium, "Ca II" that needed to ionize Ca\(^{+}\).

timeout

The download timeout, in seconds. Default is 120.

Value

A named numeric vector of ionization energies, in eV.

See also

nist_lines(), saha_boltzmann()

Examples

# \donttest{
# needs an internet connection
try(nist_ionization_energy(c("Ca I", "Mg I")))
#>     Ca I     Mg I 
#> 6.113155 7.646236 
# }