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Gabriela Sánchez Díaz1, Michelle Richer1,2, Marco Martínez González1
1Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology, McMaster University, 1280 Main St. West, Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4M1, Canada.
Abstract:
AtomDB is a free and open-source Python library for accessing and manipulating neutral and charged atomic species and their promolecular properties. It serves as a computational toolset, operating on an accompanying "extended periodic table" database, with experimental and computational data covering atomic species with a wide range of charges and multiplicities. AtomDB includes facilities for computing promolecules: local promolecular properties, constructed from the corresponding atomic densities, and scalar promolecular properties, computed from the corresponding scalar atomic properties, both taking into account whether properties are extensive or intensive. AtomDB is designed to be easy to use, extend, and maintain: it follows best practices for modern software development, including comprehensive documentation, extensive testing, continuous integration/delivery protocols, and package management. This article is the official release note for the AtomDB library.
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