doc updates for 4.5.2

doc/dbschema.rst

@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ The `Compton_energies` table holds data for median (90 deg scattering) and mean
 values of the energies of Compton scattered X-rays, and the mean values of the
 Compton-scattered electrons as a function of incident X-ray energy.  There is
 only 1 row in this table, with all columns being json-encoded arrays of floats.
-These values should be finely-speced enough for linear interpolation
+These values should be finely-spaced enough for linear interpolation
 
 
 .. index:: DB Table of Compton Energies

doc/examples.rst

@@ -3,18 +3,20 @@
 Example Calculations of X-ray properties of materials
 =========================================================
 
-.. _XrayDB Web App (beta!):  https://millenia.cars.aps.anl.gov/xraydb
+.. _XrayDB Web App (xrayabsorption.org):  https://xraydb.xrayabsorption.org/
 
 .. module:: xraydb
    :noindex:
 
-Here, a few detailed examples of using the `xraydb.sqlite` to calculate the
-X-ray properties of materials are shown.  These all use the functions in
-the python `xraydb` module, which is describe in more detail in the next
-chapter, :ref:`python_api`.  The examples will explore some aspects of
-X-ray physics, but will not give a complete tutorial on the concepts here.
-For reference see :cite:`AlsNielson_McMorrow2011` for example.  Some of
-these calculations are also available at  `XrayDB Web App (beta!)`_.
+A few detailed examples of using the `xraydb.sqlite` to calculate the X-ray
+properties of materials are presented here.  These all use the functions in the
+python `xraydb` module, which is describe in more detail in the next chapter,
+:ref:`python_api`.  The examples will explore some aspects of X-ray physics,
+but will not give a complete tutorial on the concepts here.  For a good
+reference on X-ray physics, see :cite:`AlsNielson_McMorrow2011`.
+
+Many of these calculations are also available at `XrayDB Web App (xrayabsorption.org)`_.
+
 
 
 X-ray attenuation by elements
@@ -297,9 +299,9 @@ enough to prevent any recombination of charged particles.
 For a given gas at an incident X-ray energy :math:`E`, we calculate the total,
 photo-electric, incoherent (Compton), and coherent (Rayleigh) values of
 :math:`\mu`.  If more than one gas is used, the weighted sum is calculated, so
-that we have :math:`\mu_{\rm total}`, :math:`\mu_{\rm photo}`, :math:`\mu_{\rm
-incoh}`, and :math:`\mu_{\rm coh}` for the gas in the chamber (or diode
-material).
+that we have :math:`\mu_{\rm total}`, :math:`\mu_{\rm photo}`,
+:math:`\mu_{\rm incoh}`, and :math:`\mu_{\rm coh}` for the gas in the
+chamber or diode material.
 
 The flux transmitted out of the chamber is
 

doc/index.rst

@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ X-ray DB: X-ray Reference Data in SQLite
 .. _XrayDB Github Page:  https://github.com/xraypy/XrayDB
 .. _FFAST webpage:       https://www.nist.gov/pml/data/ffast/index.cfm
 .. _PDF Version of this documentation:  https://xraypy.github.io/XrayDB/xraydb.pdf
-.. _XrayDB Web App (CARS, U Chicago):  https://millenia.cars.aps.anl.gov/xraydb
 .. _XrayDB Web App (xrayabsorption.org):  https://xraydb.xrayabsorption.org/
+.. _XrayDB Web App (CARS, U Chicago):  https://millenia.cars.aps.anl.gov/xraydb
 
 XrayDB provides atomic data, characteristic X-ray energies, and X-ray cross
 sections for the elements in an SQLite3 database, ``xraydb.sqlite``.  This
@@ -35,16 +35,15 @@ data for cross-sections are typically most reliable between about 250 eV to
 about 250,000 eV.  Elements from Z=1 to 92 are supported, with some data
 are included for elements between Z=93 and Z=98.
 
-The current version of the XrayDB database is **9.1**, and the version of the Python
-module is |release|.   See Also:
+The current version of the XrayDB database is **9.1**, and the version of the
+Python module is |release|.  A few useful resources using this library include:
 
    * `XrayDB Web App (xrayabsorption.org)`_ is an interactive web applications
      to browse the data in this database and make plots of X-ray attenuation,
-     scattering factors, mirror reflectivity, and more.  For each sort of data
-     retrieved, data tables and the python code to generate that data are also
-     available.
+     scattering factors, mirror reflectivity, and more.  Data tables and python
+     code to generate that data are available for many of the calculations.
 
-   * Printable Poster-sized :ref:`periodic_tables`.
+   * :ref:`periodic_tables` for printable Poster-sized Periodic tables of X-ray energies.
 
    * `XrayDB Github Page`_ has data sources, code, development and issues.
 

doc/installation.rst

@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ To install the XrayDB Python module (which includes the sqlite database), use::
    pip install xraydb
 
 Depending on your system and Python installation, you may need
-administrative privileges to install any python library.  For many linux
-and Mac OS X systems, you may need to use `sudo`.
+administrative privileges or to use `sudo` to install to a system-installed
+Python environment.
 
 .. Note:: The Python module supports Python 3.8 and above.
 

doc/periodictable.rst

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 .. _periodic_tables:
 
 X-ray Periodic Table of the Elements
@@ -43,7 +42,7 @@ Large is 127.5x61 cm (about 50x24 inches) and Medium is 91x45.5 cm (about 36x17
     | `Henry Moseley`_     | `Moseley (Large)`_     | `Moseley (Medium)`_    |
     +----------------------+------------------------+------------------------+
 
-In general, these table look like this:
+These periodic tables will look like this:
 
 .. image:: _images/xray_table.png
    :width: 75%