Rhenium

Properties of rhenium atoms

The electron affinity of rhenium is 14.5  kJ mol^-1.

Ionisation Energies

This section includes ionisation energies of rhenium.

Electronic configuration

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

• Ground state electron configuration:  [Xe].4f¹⁴.5d⁵.6s²
• Shell structure:  2.8.18.32.13.2
• Term symbol:   ⁶S_5/2

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

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