Category:Nuclide templates

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Templates for displaying nuclide and element symbols The pages listed in this category are meant to be navbox (navigational) templates. If subcategories exist for other template types (e.g. infoboxes), they should be named as such and appear at the start of the subcategories listing immediately below this messagebox. Further template category notes This category contains pages in the template namespace. It should not be used to categorize articles or pages in other namespaces. μ = stub;  τ = template;  ω = WikiProject;  ρ = WikiReader To include a template in this category, add <noinclude>[[Category:Nuclide templates|{{PAGENAME}}]]</noinclude> to the end of the template code, making sure it starts on the same line as the last character of the code.

The Nuclide templates are to be used for displaying nuclide, isotope and element symbols, specifically in formulae. They can optionally link to the page for the specific nuclide, isotope or element.

Here is a list of the various templates and some sample output, with and without link:

Template:Element	C	C
Template:SimpleNuclide	14C	14C
Template:Nuclide	146C	146C
Template:ComplexNuclide	146C	146C

[edit] Arguments

All the templates accept the same arguments:

1	The word "link" (optional), this creates a link for the element or isotope. (This page may not yet exist for some isotopes, in that case you are encouraged to create a redirect to "Isotopes of element name").
1 or 2	The name of the element for which to return the isotope symbol
2 or 3	The mass number for the isotope (optional, defaults to the most common or stable isotope) (this argument is ignored by Template:Element)
3 or 4	The character "m" to indicate a nuclear isomer where the nucleus in an excited state. (optional, requires the mass number to be supplied as the previous argument) (this argument is ignored by Template:Element)
charge	The named argument charge can be used to indicate a ionised atom by specifying the charge. (optional)

[edit] Examples

{{SimpleNuclide|Carbon}}	12C
{{SimpleNuclide|Carbon|14}}	14C
{{SimpleNuclide|Link|Carbon}}	12C
{{SimpleNuclide|Link|Carbon|14}}	14C
{{SimpleNuclide|Carbon|12|m}}	12mC
{{Element|Carbon|12|charge=2+}}	C2+
{{ComplexNuclide|link|Carbon|12|m|charge=2+}}	12m6C2+6

See User:SkyLined/List of nuclei for a list of all elements supported by these templates.

[edit] Dependencies

• Some of these templates use Template:ProtonsForElement to get the element number for a given element.
• Some of these templates use Template:NeutronsForElement to get the default number of neutrons for a given element.
• Some of these templates use both Template:ProtonsForElement and Template:NeutronsForElement to get the default mass number for a given element.
• These templates use Template:LinkForElement to get the page to link to when the link argument is specified.
• These templates use Template:PhysicsParticle to create the HTML output in order to maintain a similar look and feel for all Physics symbols.

[edit] Incorrect use

Pages that use these templates incorrectly will be added to Category:Pages with incorrect nuclide templates use. Please check there occasionally to make sure there aren't any.