mendeleev.vis.periodictable

Functions

periodic_table(attribute: str = 'atomic_weight', height: int = 800, width: int = 1200, decimals: int = 3, colorby: str = 'color', missing: str = '#ffffff', title: str = 'Periodic Table', cmap: str = 'RdBu_r', wide_layout: bool = False, include_f_block: bool = True, backend='plotly')[source]

High level api for visualizing periodic tables.

Currently supports plotting backends:

  • bokeh

  • plotly

Parameters:

  • attribute (str, optional) – Name of the attribute to display. Defaults to “atomic_weight”.

  • height (int, optional) – Height of the figure in pixels. Defaults to 800.

  • width (int, optional) – Width of the figure in pixels. Defaults to 1200.

  • decimals (int, optional) – Number of decimals to be displayed for attribute. Defaults to 3.

  • colorby (str, optional) – Name of the columns that contains color values. Defaults to “color”.

  • missing (str, optional) – Hex code for the color to be used for missing values. Defaults to “#ffffff”.

  • title (str, optional) – Title. Defaults to “Periodic Table”.

  • cmap (str, optional) – Colormap name. Defaults to “RdBu_r”.

  • wide_layout (bool, optional) – If True wide layout is used with f block between s and d blocks. Defaults to False.

  • include_f_block (bool, optional) – Flag indicating whether to include the _f_ block. Defaults to True.

  • backend (str, optional) – Plotting backennd. Defaults to “plotly”.

Raises:

ValueError – upon specifying unsupported ploting backend.

Returns:

figure instance, either plotly.Figure or bokeh.plotting.figure

Return type:

fig