Holmium

Properties of holmium atoms

Ionisation Energies and electron affinity

The electron affinity of holmium is 50  kJ mol^-1. The ionisation energies of holmium 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 holmium in its compounds is not necessarily the same.

• Ground state electron configuration:  [Xe].4f¹¹.6s²
• Shell structure:  2.8.18.29.8.2
• Term symbol:   ⁴I_15/2

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

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