Magnesium

Properties of magnesium atoms

The electron affinity of magnesium is 0  kJ mol^-1.

Ionisation Energies

This section includes ionisation energies of magnesium.

Electronic configuration

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

• Ground state electron configuration:  [Ne].3s²
• Shell structure:  2.8.2
• Term symbol:   ¹S₀

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

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