# transition-metals — LaTeX package for transition metal electronic configurations Version: 1.0 (2026/05/18) Author: Faris Hameed License: LPPL 1.3c ## Description A TikZ-based LaTeX package for drawing electronic configurations of transition metal atoms, ions, and coordination complexes, with full Arabic language support. ## Dependencies - tikz (with calc, decorations.pathreplacing libraries) - mhchem (version 4) - xcolor - fontspec (if polyglossia/babel absent) - bidi (if polyglossia/babel absent) ## Commands - \Series{n} — empty orbital diagram (series 1/2/3) - \neutralAtom{Z}{sym}{d} — neutral atom diagram - \ionAtom{Z}{sym}{d}{charge} — ion diagram - \ComplexWeak{...} — weak-field (high spin) complex - \ComplexStrong{...} — strong-field (low spin) complex - \Complex{...} — auto-detect ligand field strength ## Compilation Requires XeLaTeX or LuaLaTeX (for Arabic font support).