Platinum - 78Pt: properties of free atoms
Platinum atoms have 78 electrons and the shell structure is 2.8.18.32.17.1.
The ground state electron configuration of ground state gaseous neutral platinum is [Xe].4f14.5d9.6s1 and the term symbol is 3D3.
![Kossel shell structure of platinum](../_media/elements/electronic_configuration/electronic_configuration_Pt.png)
![Kossel shell structure of platinum](../_media/elements/kossel_diagrams/kossel-atom_Pt.png)
Atomic spectrum
A representation of the atomic spectrum of platinum.
Ionisation Energies and electron affinity
The electron affinity of platinum is 205.3 kJ mol‑1. The ionisation energies of platinum are given below.
![Ionisation energies of platinum](../_media/elements/ionisation_energies/ionisation_energies_Pt.png)
Effective Nuclear Charges
The following are "Clementi-Raimondi" effective nuclear charges, Zeff. Follow the hyperlinks for more details and for graphs in various formats.
1s | 76.49 | ||||||
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2s | 57.63 | 2p | 73.53 | ||||
3s | 54.98 | 3p | 55.89 | 3d | 64.50 | ||
4s | 43.64 | 4p | 42.73 | 4d | 40.63 | 4f | 39.51 |
5s | 26.59 | 5p | 24.42 | 5d | 19.41 | ||
6s | 10.75 | 6p | (no data) | ||||
7s |
References
These effective nuclear charges, Zeff, are adapted from the following references:
- E. Clementi and D.L.Raimondi, J. Chem. Phys. 1963, 38, 2686.
- E. Clementi, D.L.Raimondi, and W.P. Reinhardt, J. Chem. Phys. 1967, 47, 1300.
Electron binding energies
Label | Orbital | eV [literature reference] |
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K | 1s | 78395 [1] |
L I | 2s | 13880 [1] |
L II | 2p1/2 | 13273 [1] |
L III | 2p3/2 | 11564 [1] |
M I | 3s | 3296 [1] |
M II | 3p1/2 | 3027 [1] |
M III | 3p3/2 | 2645 [1] |
M IV | 3d3/2 | 2202 [1] |
M V | 3d5/2 | 2122 [1] |
N I | 4s | 725.4 [3] |
N II | 4p1/2 | 609.1 [3] |
N III | 4p3/2 | 519.4 [3] |
N IV | 4d3/2 | 331.6 [3] |
N V | 4d5/2 | 314.6 [3] |
N VI | 4f5/2 | 74.5 [3] |
N VII | 4f7/2 | 71.2 [3] |
O I | 5s | 101.7 [2, values derived from reference 1] |
O II | 5p1/2 | 65.3 [2, values derived from reference 1] |
O III | 5p3/2 | 51.7 [3] |
Notes
I am grateful to Gwyn Williams (Jefferson Laboratory, Virginia, USA) who provided the electron binding energy data. The data are adapted from references 1-3. They are tabulated elsewhere on the WWW (reference 4) and in paper form (reference 5).
References
- J. A. Bearden and A. F. Burr, "Reevaluation of X-Ray Atomic Energy Levels," Rev. Mod. Phys., 1967, 39, 125.
- M. Cardona and L. Ley, Eds., Photoemission in Solids I: General Principles (Springer-Verlag, Berlin) with additional corrections, 1978.
- Gwyn Williams WWW table of values
- D.R. Lide, (Ed.) in Chemical Rubber Company handbook of chemistry and physics, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, USA, 81st edition, 2000.
- J. C. Fuggle and N. Mårtensson, "Core-Level Binding Energies in Metals," J. Electron Spectrosc. Relat. Phenom., 1980, 21, 275.