Cobalt

Properties of cobalt atoms

The electron affinity of cobalt is 63.7  kJ mol^-1.

Ionisation Energies

This section includes ionisation energies of cobalt.

Electronic configuration

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

• Ground state electron configuration:  [Ar].3d⁷.4s²
• Shell structure:  2.8.15.2
• Term symbol:   ⁴F_9/2

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

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