Silver

Properties of silver atoms

Ionisation Energies and electron affinity

The electron affinity of silver is 125.6  kJ mol^-1. The ionisation energies of silver 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 silver in its compounds is not necessarily the same.

• Ground state electron configuration:  [Kr].4d¹⁰.5s¹
• Shell structure:  2.8.18.18.1
• Term symbol:   ²S_1/2

The single s-electron in the outer shell of silver leads to its spectrum resembling those of the alkali metals, that is, many "doublets".

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

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