Ununoctium

Properties of ununoctium atoms

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

Ionisation Energies

This section includes ionisation energies of ununoctium.

Electronic configuration

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

• Ground state electron configuration:  [Rn].5f¹⁴.6d¹⁰.7s².7p⁶ (a guess based upon that of radon)
• Shell structure:  2.8.18.32.32.18.8
• Term symbol:   ¹S₀ (a guess based upon guessed electronic structure)

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

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