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The electron affinity of astatine

Authors :
David Leimbach
Julia Karls
Yangyang Guo
Rizwan Ahmed
Jochen Ballof
Lars Bengtsson
Ferran Boix Pamies
Anastasia Borschevsky
Katerina Chrysalidis
Ephraim Eliav
Dmitry Fedorov
Valentin Fedosseev
Oliver Forstner
Nicolas Galland
Ronald Fernando Garcia Ruiz
Camilo Granados
Reinhard Heinke
Karl Johnston
Agota Koszorus
Ulli Köster
Moa K. Kristiansson
Yuan Liu
Bruce Marsh
Pavel Molkanov
Lukáš F. Pašteka
João Pedro Ramos
Eric Renault
Mikael Reponen
Annie Ringvall-Moberg
Ralf Erik Rossel
Dominik Studer
Adam Vernon
Jessica Warbinek
Jakob Welander
Klaus Wendt
Shane Wilkins
Dag Hanstorp
Sebastian Rothe
Source :
Nature Communications, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2020)
Publication Year :
2020
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2020.

Abstract

Electron affinity (EA) is a key parameter in determining the chemical behavior of the elements, but challenging to measure for unstable atoms. Here the authors succeed in measuring the EA of astatine, the heaviest naturally occurring halogen, and compare it with predictions from relativistic calculations.

Subjects

Subjects :
Science

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20411723
Volume :
11
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Nature Communications
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.9c30a34e18a34fec82fe73c2a19395c0
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17599-2