electron affinity

amount of energy released when an electron is attached to a neutral atom or molecule in the gaseous state to form a negative ion
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electron affinity

Summary

electron affinity ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (155 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • electron affinity's GND ID is recorded as 4151860-3[2].
  • electron affinity's subclass of is recorded as energy[3].
  • electron affinity's Commons category is recorded as Electron affinity[4].
  • electron affinity's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01c3wc[5].
  • electron affinity's PSH ID is recorded as 5463[6].
  • electron affinity's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0100609[7].
  • electron affinity's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/electron-affinity[8].
  • electron affinity's different from is recorded as electron affinity[9].
  • electron affinity's defining formula is recorded as E_{\rm EA} \equiv E_{\rm vac} - E_{\rm C}[10].
  • electron affinity's Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 4161790[11].
  • electron affinity's Quora topic ID is recorded as Electron-Affinity[12].
  • electron affinity's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as electron-affinity[13].
  • electron affinity's ISQ dimension is recorded as \mathsf{L}^2 \mathsf{M} \mathsf{T}^{-2}[14].
  • electron affinity's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as elektronaffinitet[15].
  • electron affinity's IUPAC Gold Book ID is recorded as E01977[16].
  • electron affinity's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[17].
  • electron affinity's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 54197823[18].
  • electron affinity's Wolfram Language quantity ID is recorded as ElectronAffinity[19].
  • electron affinity's quantity symbol is recorded as E_{\mathrm{ea}}[20].
  • electron affinity's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as electroafinitat[21].

Why It Matters

electron affinity ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (155 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

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  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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