Plutonium

Properties of plutonium atoms

The electron affinity of plutonium is no data  kJ mol^-1.

Ionisation Energies

This section includes ionisation energies of plutonium.

Electronic configuration

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

• Ground state electron configuration:  [Rn].5f⁶.7s²
• Shell structure:  2.8.18.32.24.8.2
• Term symbol:   ⁷F₀

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

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