Indium

Properties of indium atoms

Ionisation Energies and electron affinity

The electron affinity of indium is 28.9  kJ mol^-1. The ionisation energies of indium 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 indium in its compounds is not necessarily the same.

• Ground state electron configuration:  [Kr].4d¹⁰.5s².5p¹
• Shell structure:  2.8.18.18.3
• Term symbol:   ²P_1/2

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

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