Table 4. Third, second, and first ground state ionization energies (IE) of metals X and the corresponding charge recombination energy (ΔE) gained by electron attachment to X2+ to form X+, or X3+ to form X2+, from ref. 120.
Metal | 3. IE [eV] | 2. IE [eV] | 1. IE [eV] | ΔE [eV] |
Ba | 10.00383 | 5.21166 | 4.79216 | |
Sr | 11.03028 | 5.69487 | 5.33541 | |
Ca | 11.87172 | 6.11316 | 5.75856 | |
Mg | 15.03527 | 7.64624 | 7.38904 | |
Mn | 15.63999 | 7.43404 | 8.20595 | |
Fe | 16.19920 | 7.90247 | 8.29673 | |
Zn | 17.96439 | 9.39420 | 8.57019 | |
Co | 17.08440 | 7.88101 | 9.20339 | |
Ni | 18.16884 | 7.63988 | 10.52896 | |
Cu | 20.29239 | 7.72638 | 12.56601 | |
Lu | 20.95940 | 14.13000 | 6.82940 | |
La | 19.17730 | 11.18496 | 7.99234 | |
In | 28.04415 | 18.87041 | 9.17374 | |
Al | 28.44764 | 18.82855 | 9.61909 | |
Ga | 30.72576 | 20.51514 | 10.21062 | |
Tb | 21.82000 | 11.51300 | 10.30700 | |
Ho | 22.79000 | 11.78100 | 11.00900 | |
Pm | 22.44000 | 10.93800 | 11.50200 | |
Tm | 23.66000 | 12.06500 | 11.59500 | |
Sm | 23.55000 | 11.07800 | 12.47200 | |
Yb | 25.05300 | 12.17919 | 12.87382 | |
Rh | 31.06000 | 18.08000 | 12.98000 | |
Eu | 24.84000 | 11.24000 | 13.60000 |