Rhenium

Properties of rhenium atoms

Ionisation Energies and electron affinity

The electron affinity of rhenium is 14.5  kJ mol^-1. The ionisation energies of rhenium 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 rhenium in its compounds is not necessarily the same.

• Ground state electron configuration:  [Xe].4f¹⁴.5d⁵.6s²
• Shell structure:  2.8.18.32.13.2
• Term symbol:   ⁶S_5/2

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

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