58Ce140.116

Cérium

LanthanidesBlock fPeriod 6solid at 20 °C
Configuration :[Xe] 4f¹ 5d¹ 6s²
Atomic mass :140.116 u
English :Cerium
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Modèle de Bohr · pédagogique

Electron configuration

Full[Xe] 4f¹ 5d¹ 6s²
Short[Xe] 4f¹ 5d¹ 6s²
Valence electrons4
KLMNOPQ shells
K2
L8
M18
N19
O9
P2

Electronegativity

Pauling1.12
Allen
Mulliken (eV)

Atomic radii

Empirical185 pm
Calculated210 pm
Covalent204 pm
Van der Waals
Ionic radii (Shannon-Prewitt)
+3101 pm
+487 pm

Successive ionisation energies

I₁534.4 kJ/mol
I₂1050 kJ/mol
I₃1949 kJ/mol
I₄3547 kJ/mol
Electron affinity

Oxidation states

+2+3+4
Bold states = most common.
Period 6Block fFamily Lanthanides
Sources : NIST Atomic Weights & Isotopic Compositions, IUPAC Recommendations, CODATA. Methodology