Vanadium

Properties of vanadium atoms

Ionisation Energies and electron affinity

The electron affinity of vanadium is 50.6  kJ mol^-1. The ionisation energies of vanadium 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 vanadium in its compounds is not necessarily the same.

• Ground state electron configuration:  [Ar].3d³.4s²
• Shell structure:  2.8.11.2
• Term symbol:   ⁴F_3/2

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

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