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Pull data on elements, then generate colorful periodic tables based on element properties
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library(readr) | |
library(ggplot2) | |
library(dplyr) | |
elements<-read_csv("https://gist.githubusercontent.com/GoodmanSciences/c2dd862cd38f21b0ad36b8f96b4bf1ee/raw/1d92663004489a5b6926e944c1b3d9ec5c40900e/Periodic%2520Table%2520of%2520Elements.csv") | |
# correct mistaken Type Assignments | |
elements<-elements %>% | |
mutate(Type = if_else(Element == "Actinium", "Actinide", Type), | |
Type = if_else(Element == "Francium", "Alkali Metal", Type), | |
Type = if_else(Element == "Radium", "Alkaline Earth Metal", Type), | |
Type = if_else(Element == "Radon", "Noble Gas", Type), | |
Type = if_else(Element == "Astatine", "Halogen", Type), | |
Type = if_else(Element == "Polonium", "Metal", Type), | |
Type = if_else(AtomicNumber %in% 57:71, "Lanthanide", Type), | |
Type = if_else(AtomicNumber %in% 89:103, "Actinide", Type), | |
) | |
# empirically FALSE lanthanide and actinide period / group values: | |
lanth_act <- elements %>% | |
filter(Type %in% c("Lanthanide", "Actinide")) %>% | |
mutate(Period = if_else(Type == "Lanthanide", 9, 10)) %>% | |
group_by(Type) %>% | |
mutate(Group = row_number() + 2) | |
# function to generate p-table colored by variable given: | |
# function to generate p-table colored by variable given: | |
periodic_table<-function(quality){ | |
p<-bind_rows(elements, lanth_act) %>% | |
ggplot(aes(x = Group, y = Period, label = Symbol)) + | |
geom_tile(color = "white", aes_string(fill = quality)) + | |
scale_y_reverse(breaks = 1:7) + | |
scale_x_continuous(breaks = 1:18, position = "top") + | |
theme(panel.background = element_blank())+ | |
geom_text() + | |
labs(title = "The Periodic Table of the Elements")+ | |
theme( | |
legend.position = "bottom", | |
legend.justification = "center", | |
legend.text = element_text(size = 9), | |
legend.box.spacing = unit(0, "pt") | |
) | |
if (quality == "Type"){ | |
p + guides(fill = guide_legend(nrow = 2)) | |
} else { | |
return(p) | |
} | |
} | |
# for any available variable, color the periodic table: | |
periodic_table("Type") | |
periodic_table("Electronegativity") | |
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cleaner version of the function: