Electronic Properties

~ Electronic Properties~

(and some other chemistry stuff that didn't fit into any other category :) )

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Electron Configuration

Ground State Electron Configuration: [Xe]4f¹⁴5d⁵6s²

Schematic representation of Rhenium shell structure

^{Electronegativity}

*Rhenium has an electronegativity of Rhenium: 1.9

Pauling Electronegativity chart of all the elements on the Periodic Table.

Pauling Electronegativity of the group 7 elements on the Periodic Table.

Atomic Radii

* The (empirical) atomic radii of rhenium is 135 pm.

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* Rhenium is labeled on the table (Re)

Common Oxidation States

* 7,6,4,2,and -1 are the most common oxidation states of Rhenium.

Rhenium forms compounds easily with halides to form fluorides, bromides, chlorides,

and iodides; rhenium also forms a few sulfides, tellurides, and oxides.

Common Isotopes:

* "Most abundant" isotopes marked on chart (in green)