org.jscience.physics.nuclear.kinematics.nuclear
Class GasAbsorber

java.lang.Object
  org.jscience.physics.nuclear.kinematics.nuclear.Absorber
      org.jscience.physics.nuclear.kinematics.nuclear.GasAbsorber

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public class GasAbsorber
extends Absorber

Implementation of Absorber for gasses.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.jscience.physics.nuclear.kinematics.nuclear.Absorber

CM, density, fractions, MICROGRAM_CM2, MIL, MILLIGRAM_CM2, thickness, Z

Constructor Summary

GasAbsorber(double length, double pressure, java.lang.String[] components, int[] atomsInMolecule)
Given thickness in millimeters, pressure in torr, element components, and the numbers of atoms for each element in the gas molecule, creates an instance of absorber.

GasAbsorber(double length, double pressure, java.lang.String component, int atomsInMolecule)
Creates a new GasAbsorber object.

Method Summary

static GasAbsorber	CF4(double length, double pressure) Static factory method for tetraflouromethane gas absorber.
protected java.lang.Object	clone() DOCUMENT ME!
double	getDensity() DOCUMENT ME!
Absorber	getNewInstance(double factor) DOCUMENT ME!
double	getThickness() Returns thickness in micrograms/cm^2.
static GasAbsorber	Isobutane(double length, double pressure) Static factory method for isobutane gas absorber.

Methods inherited from class org.jscience.physics.nuclear.kinematics.nuclear.Absorber

getElements, getFractions, setFractions, setThickness, setThickness

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

GasAbsorber

public GasAbsorber(double length,
                   double pressure,
                   java.lang.String[] components,
                   int[] atomsInMolecule)
            throws NuclearException

Given thickness in millimeters, pressure in torr, element components, and the numbers of atoms for each element in the gas molecule, creates an instance of absorber.

Parameters:

length - in cm

pressure - in tor

components - elements symbols of molecular components

atomsInMolecole - number of atoms of each element per molecule in same order as components

Throws:

NuclearException

GasAbsorber

public GasAbsorber(double length,
                   double pressure,
                   java.lang.String component,
                   int atomsInMolecule)
            throws NuclearException

Creates a new GasAbsorber object.

Parameters:

length - DOCUMENT ME!

pressure - DOCUMENT ME!

component - DOCUMENT ME!

atomsInMolecule - DOCUMENT ME!

Throws:

NuclearException - DOCUMENT ME!

Method Detail

getDensity

public double getDensity()

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Specified by:

getDensity in class Absorber

Returns:

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Isobutane

public static GasAbsorber Isobutane(double length,
                                    double pressure)
                             throws NuclearException

Static factory method for isobutane gas absorber.

Parameters:

length - in cm

pressure - in torr

Returns:

isobutane gas absorber object

Throws:

NuclearException - if something goes wrong running GasAbsorber constructor

CF4

public static GasAbsorber CF4(double length,
                              double pressure)
                       throws NuclearException

Static factory method for tetraflouromethane gas absorber.

Parameters:

length - in cm

pressure - in torr

Returns:

isobutane gas absorber object

Throws:

NuclearException - if something goes wrong running GasAbsorber constructor

getThickness

public double getThickness()

Returns thickness in micrograms/cm^2.

Specified by:

getThickness in class Absorber

Returns:

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getNewInstance

public Absorber getNewInstance(double factor)

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Specified by:

getNewInstance in class Absorber

Parameters:

factor - DOCUMENT ME!

Returns:

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clone

protected java.lang.Object clone()

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Overrides:

clone in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

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