gperiodic (1)

gperiodic [option(s)] [element_symbol | atomic_number]

gperiodic is a small X/GTK+-based program which allows you to browse through a periodic table of chemical elements, and view somewhat detailed information on each of the elements. 118 elements are currently listed.

Zero options will start gperiodic.

-h

Show the help screen.

-c <Temp>

Color the elements according to their phase at temperature <Temp> in Kelvins.

-D

Dump the periodic table.

-v

Be verbose.

Possible arguments:

element_symbol | atomic_number

Display information on the element with the given element symbol or atomic number. The output is UTF-8 encoded (see Debian bug #466231).

The program was originally written by Kyle R. Burton. The current author is Jonas Frantz <[email protected]>.

This manual page was written by Sebastien Bacher <[email protected]>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).