paramagpy.metal.Metal.set_lanthanide

Metal.set_lanthanide(lanthanide, set_dchi=True)[source]

Set the anisotropy, isotropy and T1e parameters from literature values

Parameters
  • lanthanide (str) – one of ‘Ce’,’Pr’,’Nd’,’Pm’,’Sm’,’Eu’,’Gd’,’Tb’, ‘Dy’,’Ho’,’Er’,’Tm’,’Yb’

  • set_dichi (bool (optional)) – if True (default), the tensor anisotropy is set. Otherwise only the isotropy and T1e values are set