SDB - Definition

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Navigation: User Guide ➔ Species Properties ($SDB) ➔ Definition Tab

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Definition Tab

This tab page displays the following definitions for ALL species in the project:

  • Component (which may be different to the short name shown in the left hand column).
  • Elemental definition, including charge (if specified).
  • Molecular Weight
  • Charge
  • Equivalent Weight = Molecular Weight / abs(Charge). Only relevant for species with non-zero charge. (See Wikipedia.)
  • The Standard Species Information (Elemental Compound present), used for delta Gibbs Free Energy calculations.
  • The index for the species used in SysCAD (I)
  • IonsInfo and IonMassFrac information if applicable.

Species Properties Definition.png

If no information is shown in the "Standard Species Information", the species is a user defined pseudo species using pseudo elements. Please see Defining Pseudo Species for more information on how these are defined.

Pseudo Species Definition.png


  • SpeciesShortButton.png and SpeciesLongButton.png: The SpeciesTag buttons toggles between the short and long species names.
  • SpeciesConfbutton.png: Pressing the CopytoClipboard button will add selected Properties Data onto the clipboard.
  • SpeciesPropertiesbutton.png: The Reports button allows the user to copy selected data onto the clipboard.
  • Button - Filter On.png and Button - Filter Off.png: These buttons allow the user to filter the species to display only species that meet certain criteria. See Species Filter for details on how the species filter is used.