GChemTable Manual V0.12.0

Jean Bréfort

GChemTable is a chemistry elements periodic table application.

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Table of Contents
Introduction
1. Getting started
1.1. To Start GChemTable
1.2. When You Start GChemTable
2. Usage
2.1. Color Schemes
2.2. Element Window
3. Charts
3.1. Pre-defined Charts
3.2. Customize Charts
3.3. User Defined Charts
3.4. To Copy a Chart
3.5. To Export a Chart as an Image
3.6. To Print a Chart
3.6.1. The page setup dialog.
4. Support.
4.1. To Ask a Question
4.2. To Find the Gnome Chemistry Utils on the Web.
4.3. To Report a Bug
5. License
List of Figures
1-1. GChemTable window
2-1. Physical state color scheme
2-2. Family color scheme
2-3. Electronegativity color scheme
2-4. Atomic radius color scheme
2-5. Block color scheme
2-6. Main Page
2-7. Electronic Properties Page
2-8. Radii Page
2-9. Thermodynamic Properties Page
3-1. First ionization energy curve
3-2. Chart properties dialog.
3-3. New empty chart window
3-4. New empty chart properties dialog
3-5. Adding a plot
3-6. Data selection
3-7. The Page Setup tab.
3-8. The Print Scale tab.