Terbium

Properties of terbium atoms

The electron affinity of terbium is 50  kJ mol^-1.

Ionisation Energies

This section includes ionisation energies of terbium.

Electronic configuration

The following represents the electronic configuration and its associated term symbol for the ground state neutral gaseous atom. The configuration associated with terbium in its compounds is not necessarily the same.

• Ground state electron configuration:  [Xe].4f⁹.6s²
• Shell structure:  2.8.18.27.8.2
• Term symbol:   ⁶H_15/2

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

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