Molybdenum

Properties of molybdenum atoms

The electron affinity of molybdenum is 71.9  kJ mol^-1.

Ionisation Energies

This section includes ionisation energies of molybdenum.

Electronic configuration

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

• Ground state electron configuration:  [Kr].4d⁵.5s¹
• Shell structure:  2.8.18.13.1
• Term symbol:   ⁷S₃

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

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