LaTeX forum ⇒ Text Formatting ⇒ Atomic States Topic is solved

[niles]

Hi

What is the most proper way to write an atomic state as I have tried in the MWE below?

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath} 
 
\begin{document}
$5\text{P}_{1/2}$
\end{document}

Best wishes,
Niles.

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi Niles,

is it a style question, or a LaTeX question? It depends on your writing style.

Depending on your math and text fonts, you could use \mathrm instead:

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$5\mathrm{P}_{1/2}$

Stefan

[localghost]

I think that's a job for mhchem.

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\documentclass[11pt]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[version=3]{mhchem}
 
\begin{document}
   \ce{5P_{1/2}}
\end{document}

Thorsten

[niles]

Hi Niles,

is it a style question, or a LaTeX question? It depends on your writing style.

Depending on your math and text fonts, you could use \mathrm instead:

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$5\mathrm{P}_{1/2}$

Stefan

I guess it is a LaTeX question. I was just wondering what a professional LaTeX-programmer would do. Your suggestion sure gives me the desired result.

I think that's a job for mhchem.

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\documentclass[11pt]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[version=3]{mhchem}
 
\begin{document}
   \ce{5P_{1/2}}
\end{document}

Thorsten

Thanks. I tried it out, but there appears to be a small space between "5" and "P", which generally is missing. Thanks for the suggestion though.

Best wishes,
Niles.

[cgnieder]

Just to mention another possibility:

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\documentclass[11pt]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[version=3]{mhchem}
\usepackage{chemmacros}
 
\begin{document}
% mhchem:
\ce{5\!P_{1/2}}
 
% chemmacros 1:
\ch[stoich-space=0pt]{5 P_{1/2}}
 
% chemmacros 2:
\ch{"5P" _{1/2}}
 
% regular math:
$5\mathrm{P}_{1/2}$
\end{document}

Regards

[niles]

Just to mention another possibility:

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\documentclass[11pt]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[version=3]{mhchem}
\usepackage{chemmacros}
 
\begin{document}
% mhchem:
\ce{5\!P_{1/2}}
 
% chemmacros 1:
\ch[stoich-space=0pt]{5 P_{1/2}}
 
% chemmacros 2:
\ch{"5P" _{1/2}}
 
% regular math:
$5\mathrm{P}_{1/2}$
\end{document}

Regards

Thanks, that is also a good suggestion. I'll try them out.

Best,
Niles.