Meitnerium

Properties of meitnerium atoms

Ionisation Energies and electron affinity

The electron affinity of meitnerium is no data  kJ mol^-1. The ionisation energies of meitnerium 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 meitnerium in its compounds is not necessarily the same.

• Ground state electron configuration:  [Rn].5f¹⁴.6d⁷.7s² (a guess based upon that of iridium)
• Shell structure:  2.8.18.32.32.15.2
• Term symbol:   ⁴F_9/2 (a guess based upon guessed electronic structure)

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

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