gperiodic(1)

gperiodic1

Periodic table application

Usage

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

Overview

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.

Options

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.

Releases

13 releases since Debian 2.2 (Potato); the text changed 4 times.

  1. 2.2
  2. 3.0
  3. 3.1–4.0
  4. 5.0–9
  5. 10–13

-D since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); -c since Debian 3.0 (Woody); -v since Debian 3.1 (Sarge).

-d until Debian 3.0 (Woody); -s until Debian 3.0 (Woody).

Author

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

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

From gperiodic 3.0.3-2 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.