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Offline Bob Sacamano

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Electron affinity for d-block elements
« on: September 16, 2011, 02:40:42 PM »
Why are the electron affinities of the elements that lie in the lower right corner of the d-block (Ir,Pt, Au) so high? Their ionization energies are higher than most of the chalcogens...

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