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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+###############################################################################
+#                                                                             #
+# RMG - Reaction Mechanism Generator                                          #
+#                                                                             #
+# Copyright (c) 2002-2019 Prof. William H. Green (whgreen@mit.edu),           #
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+###############################################################################
+
+"""
+This script contains unit tests of the :mod:`arkane.thermo` module.
+"""
+
+import unittest
+import os
+
+from rmgpy.species import Species
+
+from arkane.gaussian import GaussianLog
+from arkane.thermo import ThermoJob
+
+################################################################################
+
+
+class TestThermo(unittest.TestCase):
+    """
+    Contains unit tests of the ThermoJob class.
+    """
+    @classmethod
+    def setUp(cls):
+        """A method that is run before each unit test in this class"""
+        spc = Species().fromSMILES('CCO')
+        log = GaussianLog(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'data', 'ethylene.log'))
+        spc.conformer = log.loadConformer()[0]
+        coords, numbers, masses = log.loadGeometry()
+        spc.conformer.coordinates = coords, 'angstroms'
+        spc.conformer.number = numbers
+        spc.conformer.mass = masses, 'amu'
+        cls.thermo_job = ThermoJob(species=spc, thermoClass='NASA')
+
+    def test_element_count_from_conformer(self):
+        """Test Getting an element count dictionary from the species.conformer attribute"""
+        element_count = self.thermo_job.element_count_from_conformer()
+        self.assertEqual(element_count, {'H': 4, 'C': 2})
+
+
+
+################################################################################
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main(testRunner=unittest.TextTestRunner(verbosity=2))