Nickel

Properties of nickel atoms

The electron affinity of nickel is 112  kJ mol^-1.

Ionisation Energies

This section includes ionisation energies of nickel.

Electronic configuration

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

• Ground state electron configuration:  [Ar].3d⁸.4s²
• Shell structure:  2.8.16.2
• Term symbol:   ³F₄

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

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