Lecture 6 January 2019
Electrons in Atoms:
Zeff as Determinant of Ionization
Energies, and Other Properties
,Inorganic Chemistry Chapter 1: Figure 1.22
© 2009 W.H. Freeman
, Trends in Atomic Properties
• Size (atomic, ionic, covalent, van der Waals radii)
• Ionization Potential (A0(g) + I.E. A+ + e- )
• Electron Affinity Energies (A0(g) + e- A- + E.A.E.)
• Electronegativity: Ability of an atom, within a
molecule to attract electrons to itself.
Electrons in Atoms:
Zeff as Determinant of Ionization
Energies, and Other Properties
,Inorganic Chemistry Chapter 1: Figure 1.22
© 2009 W.H. Freeman
, Trends in Atomic Properties
• Size (atomic, ionic, covalent, van der Waals radii)
• Ionization Potential (A0(g) + I.E. A+ + e- )
• Electron Affinity Energies (A0(g) + e- A- + E.A.E.)
• Electronegativity: Ability of an atom, within a
molecule to attract electrons to itself.
