Fluorine

Properties of fluorine atoms

Ionisation Energies and electron affinity

The electron affinity of fluorine is 328  kJ mol^-1. The ionisation energies of fluorine 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 fluorine in its compounds is not necessarily the same.

• Ground state electron configuration:  [He].2s².2p⁵
• Shell structure:  2.7
• Term symbol:   ²P_3/2

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

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