Rhodium

Properties of rhodium atoms

Ionisation Energies and electron affinity

The electron affinity of rhodium is 109.7  kJ mol^-1. The ionisation energies of rhodium 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 rhodium in its compounds is not necessarily the same.

• Ground state electron configuration:  [Kr].4d⁸5s¹
• Shell structure:  2.8.18.16.1
• Term symbol:   ⁴F_9/2

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

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