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href="../magnesium/chemistry.html">Element reactions</a></li> <li class="pure-menu-item s"><a class="pure-menu-link" href="../magnesium/contents.html">List all Mg properties</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <p class="p_first">Magnesium atoms have 12 electrons and the <strong><a href="../periodicity/electron_shell_structure/">shell structure</a></strong> is  2.8.2.</p> <p>The <strong><a href="../periodicity/electronic_configuration/">ground state electron configuration of ground state gaseous neutral magnesium is</a></strong>  [<strong>Ne</strong>].<strong>3s</strong><sup>2</sup> and the <strong><a href="../periodicity/term_symbol/">term symbol</a></strong> is  <sup>1</sup><strong>S</strong><sub>0</sub>.</p> <div class="pure-g"> <div class="pure-u-1 pure-u-md-1-2"> <div><figure><img class="pure-img" src="../_media/elements/electronic_configuration/electronic_configuration_Mg.png" alt="Kossel shell structure of magnesium" /><figcaption>Schematic electronic configuration of magnesium.</figcaption></figure ></div> </div> <div class="pure-u-1 pure-u-md-1-2"> <div><figure><img class="pure-img" src="../_media/elements/kossel_diagrams/kossel-atom_Mg.png" alt="Kossel shell structure of magnesium" /><figcaption>The Kossel shell structure of magnesium.</figcaption></figure ></div> </div> </div> <h2 class="s">Atomic spectrum</h2> <div style="background: black url(../_media/elements/discharge/Mg.png) repeat-y center; background-size:contain;"> </div> <p>A representation of the atomic spectrum of magnesium.</p> <h2 class="s">Ionisation Energies and electron affinity</h2> <p class="p_first">The <a href="../periodicity/electron_affinity/">electron affinity</a> of magnesium is 0 kJ mol<sup>‑1</sup>. The <a href="../periodicity/ionisation_energy/">ionisation energies</a> of magnesium are given below.</p> <div class="pure-g"> <div class="pure-u-1 pure-u-md-1-2"> <div class="table-responsive"> <table class="pure-table pure-table-striped"> <caption>Ionisation energies of magnesium</caption> <thead> <tr> <th>Ionisation energy number</th> <th>Enthalpy / kJ mol<sup>‑1</sup></th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr><td><a href="../periodicity/ionis_energy_1/">1st</a></td><td>737.75</td></tr> <tr><td><a href="../periodicity/ionis_energy_2/">2nd</a></td><td>1450.68</td></tr> <tr><td><a href="../periodicity/ionis_energy_3/">3rd</a></td><td>7732.68</td></tr> <tr><td><a href="../periodicity/ionis_energy_4/">4th</a></td><td>10542.51</td></tr> <tr><td><a href="../periodicity/ionis_energy_5/">5th</a></td><td>13636</td></tr> <tr><td><a href="../periodicity/ionis_energy_6/">6th</a></td><td>18020</td></tr> <tr><td><a href="../periodicity/ionis_energy_7/">7th</a></td><td>21711</td></tr> <tr><td><a href="../periodicity/ionis_energy_8/">8th</a></td><td>25658</td></tr> <tr><td><a href="../periodicity/ionis_energy_9/">9th</a></td><td>31646</td></tr> <tr><td><a href="../periodicity/ionis_energy_10/">10th</a></td><td>35457</td></tr> <tr><td><a href="../periodicity/ionis_energy_11/">11th</a></td><td>169988</td></tr> <tr><td><a href="../periodicity/ionis_energy_12/">12th</a></td><td>189368 (calculated)</td></tr> </tbody> </table> </div> </div> <div class="pure-u-1 pure-u-md-1-2"> <div class="kossel_div"></figure><img class="pure-img" src="../_media/elements/ionisation_energies/ionisation_energies_Mg.png" alt="Ionisation energies of magnesium" /><figcaption>Ionisation energies of magnesium.</figcaption></figure></div> </div> </div> <div class="pure-g"> <div class="pure-u-1 pure-u-sm-1-1"> <script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-9334432533380510" data-ad-slot="4479092381" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </div> <h2 class="s">Effective Nuclear Charges</h2> <p>The following are "<a href="../periodicity/eff_nuc_charge_clementi/">Clementi-Raimondi</a>" effective nuclear charges, <em>Z</em><sub>eff</sub>. Follow the hyperlinks for more details and for graphs in various formats.</p> <div class="table-responsive"> <table class="pure-table pure-table-striped"> <caption>Effective nuclear charges for magnesium</caption> <tbody> <tr> <th><a href="../periodicity/eff_nuc_chg_clem_1s/">1s</a></th><td>11.6089</td> <td colspan="6"> </td> </tr> <tr> <th><a href="../periodicity/eff_nuc_chg_clem_2s/">2s</a></th><td>7.39</td> <th><a href="../periodicity/eff_nuc_chg_clem_2p/">2p</a></th><td>7.83</td> <td colspan="4"> </td> </tr> <tr> <th><a href="../periodicity/eff_nuc_chg_clem_3s/">3s</a></th><td>3.31</td> <th><a href="../periodicity/eff_nuc_chg_clem_3p/">3p</a></th><td>(no data)</td> <th><a href="../periodicity/eff_nuc_chg_clem_3d/">3d</a></th><td>(no data)</td> <td colspan="2"> </td> </tr> <tr> <th><a href="../periodicity/eff_nuc_chg_clem_4s/">4s</a></th><td>(no data)</td> <th><a href="../periodicity/eff_nuc_chg_clem_4p/">4p</a></th><td>(no data)</td> <th><a href="../periodicity/eff_nuc_chg_clem_4d/">4d</a></th><td>(no data)</td> <th><a href="../periodicity/eff_nuc_chg_clem_4f/">4f</a></th><td>(no data)</td> </tr> <tr> <th><a href="../periodicity/eff_nuc_chg_clem_5s/">5s</a></th><td>(no data)</td> <th><a href="../periodicity/eff_nuc_chg_clem_5p/">5p</a></th><td>(no data)</td> <th><a href="../periodicity/eff_nuc_chg_clem_5d/">5d</a></th><td>(no data)</td> <td colspan="2"> </td> </tr> <tr> <th><a href="../periodicity/eff_nuc_chg_clem_6s/">6s</a></th><td>(no data)</td> <th><a href="../periodicity/eff_nuc_chg_clem_6p/">6p</a></th><td>(no data)</td> <td colspan="4"> </td> </tr> <tr> <th>7s</th><td> </td> <td colspan="6"> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <h3 class="s">References</h3> <p>These effective nuclear charges, <em>Z</em><sub>eff</sub>, are adapted from the following references:</p> <ol> <li>E. Clementi and D.L.Raimondi, <em>J. Chem. Phys.</em> 1963, <strong>38</strong>, 2686.</li> <li>E. Clementi, D.L.Raimondi, and W.P. Reinhardt, <em>J. Chem. Phys.</em> 1967, <strong>47</strong>, 1300.</li> </ol> <h2 class="s">Electron binding energies</h2> <table class="pure-table pure-table-striped"> <caption>Electron binding energies for magnesium. All values of <a href="../periodicity/elec_binding_energy/">electron binding energies</a> are given in eV. The binding energies are quoted relative to the vacuum level for rare gases and H<sub>2</sub>, N<sub>2</sub>, O<sub>2</sub>, F<sub>2</sub>, and Cl<sub>2</sub> molecules; relative to the Fermi level for metals; and relative to the top of the valence band for semiconductors.</caption> <thead> <tr> <th>Label</th> <th>Orbital</th> <th>eV [literature reference]</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr><td>K </td><td><a href="../periodicity/e_bind_energy_K/">1s</a></td><td>1303 [3]</td></tr> <tr><td>L <sub>I</sub></td><td><a href="../periodicity/e_bind_energy_L_I/">2s</a></td><td>88.6 [2]</td></tr> <tr><td>L <sub>II</sub></td><td><a href="../periodicity/e_bind_energy_L_II/">2p<sub>1/2</sub></a></td><td>49.6 [3]</td></tr> <tr><td>L <sub>III</sub></td><td><a href="../periodicity/e_bind_energy_L_III/">2p<sub>3/2</sub></a></td><td>49.2 [2]</td></tr> </tbody> </table> <h3 class="s">Notes</h3> <p>I am grateful to <a href="http://www.jlab.org/%7Egwyn/">Gwyn Williams</a> (Jefferson Laboratory, Virginia, USA) who provided the electron binding energy data. The data are adapted from references 1-3. They are tabulated elsewhere on the WWW (reference 4) and in paper form (reference 5).</p> <h3 class="s">References</h3> <ol> <li>J. A. Bearden and A. F. Burr, "Reevaluation of X-Ray Atomic Energy Levels," <em>Rev. Mod. Phys.</em>, 1967, <strong>39</strong>, 125.</li> <li>M. Cardona and L. Ley, Eds., <em>Photoemission in Solids I: General Principles</em> (Springer-Verlag, Berlin) with additional corrections, 1978.</li> <li><a href="http://www.jlab.org/%7Egwyn/ebindene.html">Gwyn Williams WWW table of values</a></li> <li>D.R. Lide, (Ed.) in <em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0849304814/webelements">Chemical Rubber Company handbook of chemistry and physics</a></em>, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, USA, 81st edition, 2000. </li> <li>J. C. Fuggle and N. Mårtensson, "Core-Level Binding Energies in Metals," <em>J. Electron Spectrosc. Relat. 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