Multiply chemical formulas by a scalar

multiplyElements Multiply the number of atoms of each element by a constant, positive, integer

Usage

multiplyElements(x, k)

Arguments

x

character strings with chemical formula

k

numeric(1) positive integer by which each formula will be multiplied.

Value

character strings with the standardized chemical formula.

Author

Roger Gine

Examples

multiplyElements("H2O", 3)
#> [1] "H6O3"

multiplyElements(c("C6H12O6", "Na", "CH4O"), 2)
#> [1] "C12H24O12" "Na2"       "C2H8O2"