1. Title: Periodic Table

2. Brief Description:

I am going to make a periodic table. Using this application, you can find many information about an element by inputing the name or the index or the row_number and column_number of the element.

3. Classes:

class Element // class of all elements.

{

public:

Element( ); // constructor.

string getName( );

int getIndex( );

int getRowNumber( );

int getColumnNumber( );

...

void setName(string name);

void setIndex(int index);

void setRowNumber(int rowNumber);

void setColumnNumber(int colNumber);

...

private:

string the_name;

int the_index;

int num_row;

int num_col;

...

...

}

class Metal: public Element // class of all metal elements like Na, Mg, Al, ...

{

}

class NonMetal: public Element // class of all non-metal elements like S, Cl, ...

{

}

class ElemGroup1: public Element // class of all elements in group I like Na, K, ...

{

}

class ElemGroup2: public Element // class of all elements in group II like Mg, Ca, ...

{

}

...

class ElemGroup8: public Element // class of all elements in group VIII --- inert

// elements --- like He, Ne, ...

{

}