Molybdenum

Properties of molybdenum atoms

Ionisation Energies and electron affinity

The electron affinity of molybdenum is 71.9  kJ mol^-1. The ionisation energies of molybdenum 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 molybdenum in its compounds is not necessarily the same.

• Ground state electron configuration:  [Kr].4d⁵.5s¹
• Shell structure:  2.8.18.13.1
• Term symbol:   ⁷S₃

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

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