Antimony

Properties of antimony atoms

The electron affinity of antimony is 103.2  kJ mol^-1.

Ionisation Energies

This section includes ionisation energies of antimony.

Electronic configuration

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

• Ground state electron configuration:  [Kr].4d¹⁰.5s².5p³
• Shell structure:  2.8.18.18.5
• Term symbol:   ⁴S_3/2

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

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