Dubnium

Properties of dubnium atoms

Ionisation Energies and electron affinity

The electron affinity of dubnium is no data  kJ mol^-1. The ionisation energies of dubnium 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 dubnium in its compounds is not necessarily the same.

• Ground state electron configuration:  [Rn].5f¹⁴.6d³.7s² (a guess based upon that of tantalum)
• Shell structure:  2.8.18.32.32.11.2
• Term symbol:   ⁴F_3/2 (a guess based upon guessed electronic structure)

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

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