Dysprosium

Properties of dysprosium atoms

Ionisation Energies and electron affinity

The electron affinity of dysprosium is 50  kJ mol^-1. The ionisation energies of dysprosium 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 dysprosium in its compounds is not necessarily the same.

• Ground state electron configuration:  [Xe].4f¹⁰.6s²
• Shell structure:  2.8.18.28.8.2
• Term symbol:   ⁵I₈

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

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