LaTex help for nuclear reactions?

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The discussion revolves around the use of LaTeX for formatting nuclear reactions and equations. Participants seek guidance on how to properly represent nuclear equations and related calculations in LaTeX, sharing various approaches and commands.

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Main Points Raised

  • One participant expresses difficulty in formatting a nuclear reaction equation in LaTeX and requests a guideline for creating images of nuclear equations.
  • Another participant provides a corrected version of the nuclear reaction using LaTeX syntax, demonstrating how to use empty characters for subscript and superscript formatting.
  • A custom command for formatting nuclear symbols is shared, which allows for easy representation of isotopes in LaTeX, requiring implementation in math mode.
  • Further confirmation of the utility of the custom command is noted, along with a test of its functionality.
  • Additional LaTeX expressions and calculations are shared, indicating ongoing experimentation with formatting and equations.

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Participants generally agree on the utility of the LaTeX commands shared, but there is no explicit consensus on a single best method for formatting nuclear equations, as multiple approaches are presented.

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Some participants' contributions include complex LaTeX expressions that may depend on specific formatting contexts, and there are unresolved aspects regarding the clarity of certain calculations presented.

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LaTex help for nuclear reactions? - got it, thanks

i need a guideline for to get images for nuclear equations, all my attempts thus far were failures. i tried

^4_2 He + ^27_13 Al becomes ^31_15 P becomes ^30_15 P + ^1_0 n ,
but it didn't work. i don't know why, nor do i have the time to learn it before this paper is due. i don't have any other way to do it [short of making my own in MSPaint heh], so if somebody could give me a guideline from which i could substitute letters and numbers as needed, it would be great and i can delete this thread. thanks :D

ediT: thanks a lot :) I'm going to keep this here for a little bit longer to reference again if i need, but this thread should be gone in a day or so.

[tex] <br /> \frac{216MeV}{22 168.125MeV} = 0.00974 \times 100 = 0.974<br /> [/tex]


[tex] 2.4048\times 10^{-25} kg + 1.5364\times 10^{-25} kg + 8.3812\times 10^{-29} kg[/tex]

[tex]3.941\times 10^{-25} kg<br /> [/tex]


[tex]E = (3.941\times 10^{-25} kg)(3.00\times 8 \ ms^{-1})^2[/tex]
[/tex]

[tex] <br /> F = \frac{k q^{}_1 q^{}_2}_{r^2}<br /> [/tex]

[tex] <br /> 3(m^{}_n) = 3(1.67\times 10^{-27}) = 5.01\times 10^{-27} kg[/tex]
---
[tex] \sum {m^{}_{{}^3H}} = m^{}_p + m^{}_n = 4.033271\textrm{amu}[/tex]
[/tex]

[tex] \sum {m^{}_{{}^2H}} = m^{}_p + m^{}_n = 3.024606\textrm{amu}[/tex]
[/tex]

[tex]5.011265\textrm{amu}[/tex]
---

[tex]E^{}_{{}^3H} = 6.012\times 10^{-10}J[/tex]
[tex]E^{}_{{}^2H} = 4.505\times 10^{-10}J[/tex]

[tex]\frac{E^{}_{\textrm{difference}}}_{E^{}_{\textrm{potential}}}}[/tex]

[tex]\frac{E^{}_{\textrm{difference}}}_{E^{}_{{}^2H}+E^{}_{{}^3H}}}[/tex]

mproton + mneutron = 1.007276 + 1.008665 = 2.015941 amu
 
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[tex] {}^4_2\textrm{He} + {}^{27}_{13}\textrm{Al} \to {}^{31}_{15}\textrm{P} \to {}^{30}_{15}\textrm{P} + {}^1_0\textrm{n}[/tex]

You can make empty characters with {} (two brackets, no space), and you can apply sub and superscripts to empty characters. Click on the image to see what I typed in.

cookiemonster
 
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Here's a nice custom command which I use:

\newcommand{\nucl}[3]{
\ensuremath{
\phantom{\ensuremath{^{#1}_{#2}}}
\llap{\ensuremath{^{#1}}}
\llap{\ensuremath{_{\rule{0pt}{.75em}#2}}}
\mbox{#3}
}
}

It must be implemented in math mode. So, if you want the chemical symbol for U-235, you would type $\nucl{235}{92}{U}$.

Works great.
 
Originally posted by GRQC
So, if you want the chemical symbol for U-235, you would type $\nucl{235}{92}{U}$.
[tex]\newcommand{\nucl}[3]{<br /> \ensuremath{<br /> \phantom{\ensuremath{^{#1}_{#2}}}<br /> \llap{\ensuremath{^{#1}}}<br /> \llap{\ensuremath{_{\rule{0pt}{.75em}#2}}}<br /> \mbox{#3}<br /> }<br /> }<br /> \nucl{235}{92}{U}[/tex]

Nice! :smile:

- Warren
 
yes, that is a very nice feature :)

and another test...sorry...

[tex]\frac{E^{}_{\textrm{difference}}}_{E^{}_{{}^2H}+E^<br /> <br /> {}_{{}^3H}}}[/tex]

[tex]E^{}_{{}^2H} = 4.505\times 10^{-10}J = 281.56[/tex]
[tex]E^{}_{{}^3H} = 6.012\times 10^{-10}J = 375.75[/tex]

[tex]22168.125MeV[/tex]
 
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