Darmstadtium

Properties of darmstadtium atoms

Ionisation Energies and electron affinity

The electron affinity of darmstadtium is no data  kJ mol^-1. The ionisation energies of darmstadtium are given below.

Electronic configuration

The following represents the electronic configuration and its associated term symbol for the ground state neutral gaseous atom. The configuration associated with darmstadtium in its compounds is not necessarily the same.

• Ground state electron configuration:  [Rn].5f¹⁴.6d⁹.7s¹ (a guess based upon that of platinum)
• Shell structure:  2.8.18.32.32.17.1
• Term symbol:   ³D₃ (a guess based upon guessed electronic structure)

A schematic representation of the shell structure of darmstadtium - not what the atom of darmstadtium "looks like".

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