The binding energy of a nuclide may be accessed either as an attribute of a object, or by using the ~plasmapy.particles.nuclear.nuclear_binding_energy function.
>>> from plasmapy.particles import Particle, nuclear_binding_energy >>> D = Particle('deuterium') >>> D.binding_energy <Quantity 3.56414847e-13 J> >>> nuclear_binding_energy('D').to('GeV') <Quantity 0.00222457 GeV>
The energy released from a nuclear reaction may be found using the ~plasmapy.particles.nuclear.nuclear_reaction_energy function. The input may be a str representing the reaction.
>>> from plasmapy.particles import nuclear_reaction_energy >>> nuclear_reaction_energy('Be-8 + alpha --> carbon-12') <Quantity 1.18025735e-12 J>
The reaction may also be inputted using the reactants and products keywords.
>>> nuclear_reaction_energy(reactants=['D', 'T'], products=['alpha', 'n']) <Quantity 2.81812097e-12 J>