Ionization Energies (eV) of Atoms and Ions

Prepared for IAU Symposium 210 (Uppsala Sweden, June 2002)

Values for first and second spectra are from NIST (II's courtesy of Jean Sansonetti), except for At I, from HCP. Most other entries are from Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, 3rd electronic edition. Additional entries are from Dappen (AQ IV, 2000) or Cowan (1987). Most of the Dappen values are given to the nearest electron volt, though In IV, Tl IV, and At I are given to the tenth of an eV. Some entries for the REE third and fourth spectra were given by Cowan to the hundredth of an eV, and those values are reproduced here, though they are surely uncertain. It is amazing that we know the second ionization energies of several 5d elements only to the nearest eV. Y II is from Phys. Scr. 44, 226 (1991).


Hydrogen H       1 13.5984
Helium He        2 24.5874  54.417760
Lithium Li       3 5.3917   75.6400    122.45429
Beryllium Be     4 9.3227   18.21114   153.89661 217.71865
Boron B          5 8.2980   25.1548     37.93064 259.37521 340.22580
Carbon C         6 11.2603  24.3833     47.8878   64.4939  392.087
Nitrogen N       7 14.5341  29.6013     47.44924  77.4735   97.8902
Oxygen O         8 13.6181  35.1211     54.9355   77.41353 113.8990
Fluorine F       9 17.4228  34.9708     62.7084   87.1398  114.2428
Neon Ne         10 21.5646  40.96296    63.45     97.12    126.21
Sodium Na       11 5.1391   47.2864     71.6200   98.91    138.40
Magnesium Mg    12 7.6462   15.03527    80.1437  109.2655  141.27
Aluminum Al     13 5.9858   18.82855    28.44765 119.992   153.825
Silicon Si      14 8.1517   16.34584    33.49302  45.14181 166.767
Phosphorus P    15 10.4867  19.7695     30.2027   51.4439   65.0251
Sulfur S        16 10.3600  23.33788    34.79     47.222    72.5945
Chlorine Cl     17 12.9676  23.8136     39.61     53.4652   67.8
Argon Ar        18 15.7596  27.62965    40.74     59.81     75.02
Potassium K     19 4.3407   31.63       45.806    60.91     82.66
Calcium Ca      20 6.1132   11.87172    50.9131   67.27     84.50
Scandium Sc     21 6.5615   12.79977    24.75666  73.4894   91.65
Titanium Ti     22 6.8281   13.5755     27.4917   43.2672   99.30
Vanadium V      23 6.7462   14.618      29.311    46.709    65.2817
Chromium Cr     24 6.7665   16.4857     30.96     49.16     69.46
Manganese Mn    25 7.4340   15.6400     33.668    51.2      72.4
Iron Fe         26 7.9024   16.1877     30.652    54.8      75.0
Cobalt CO       27 7.8810   17.084      33.50     51.3      79.5
Nickel Ni       28 7.6398   18.16884    35.19     54.9      76.06
Copper Cu       29 7.7264   20.2924     36.841    57.38     79.8
Zinc Zn         30 9.3942   17.96439    39.723    59.4      82.6
Gallium Ga      31 5.9993   20.51514    30.71     64        87
Germanium Ge    32 7.8994   15.93461    34.2241   45.7131   93.5
Arsenic As      33 9.7886   18.5892     28.351    50.13     62.63
Selenium Se     34 9.7524   21.19       30.8204   42.9450   68.3
Bromine Br      35 11.8138  21.591      36.       47.3      59.7     
Krypton Kr      36 13.9996  24.35984    36.950    52.5      64.7
Rubidium Rb     37 4.1771   27.2895     40        52.6      71.0
Strontium Sr    38 5.6949   11.0301     42.89     57        71.6
Yttrium Y       39 6.2171   12.22       20.52     60.597    77.0
Zirconium Zr    40 6.6339   13.1        22.99     34.34     80.348
Niobium Nb      41 6.7589   14.0        25.04     38.3      50.55
Molybdenum Mo   42 7.0924   16.16       27.13     46.4      54.49
Technetium Tc   43 7.28     15.26       29.54     46        55
Ruthenium Ru    44 7.3605   16.76       28.47     50        60
Rhodium Rh      45 7.4589   18.08       31.06     48        65
Palladium Pd    46 8.3369   19.43       32.93     53        62
Silver Ag       47 7.5762   21.47746    34.83     56        68
Cadmium Cd      48 8.9938   16.90831    37.48     59        72
Indium In       49 5.7864   18.8703     28.03     54.4      77
Tin Sn          50 7.3439   14.6322     30.50260  40.73502  72.28
Antimony Sb     51 8.6084   16.63       25.3      44.2      56
Tellurium Te    52 9.0096   18.6        27.96     37.41     58.75
Iodine I        53 10.4513  19.1313     33        42        66
Xenon Xe        54 12.1298  20.9750     32.1230   46        57
Cesium Cs       55 3.8939   23.15744    35        46        62
Barium Ba       56 5.2117   10.00383    35.84     49        62
Lanthanum La    57 5.5769   11.059      19.1773   49.95     61.6
Cerium Ce       58 5.5387   10.85       20.198    36.758    65.55
Praseodymium Pr 59 5.473    10.55       21.624    38.98     57.53
Neodymium Nd    60 5.5250   10.72       22.1      40.4      60.00
Promethium Pm   61 5.582    10.90       22.3      41.1      61.69
Samarium Sm     62 5.6436   11.07       23.4      41.4      62.66
Europium Eu     63 5.6704   11.25       24.92     42.7      63.23
Gadolinium Gd   64 6.1501   12.09       20.63     44.0      64.76
Terbium Tb      65 5.8638   11.52       21.91     39.79     66.46
Dysprosium Dy   66 5.9389   11.67       22.8      41.47     62.08
Holmium Ho      67 6.0215   11.80       22.84     42.5      63.93
Erbium Er       68 6.1077   11.93       22.74     42.7      65.10
Thulium Tm      69 6.1843   12.05       23.68     42.7      65.42
Ytterbium Yb    70 6.2542   12.176      25.05     43.56     65.58
Lutetium Lu     71 5.4259   13.9        20.9594   45.25     66.8
Hafnium Hf      72 6.8251   15          23.3      33.33     68.38
Tantalum Ta     73 7.5496   16          22        33        45
Tungsten W      74 7.8640   16.1        24        35        48
Rhenium Re      75 7.8335   17          26        38        51
Osmium Os       76 8.4382   17          25        40        54
Iridium Ir      77 8.9670   17          27        39        57
Platinum Pt     78 8.9587   18.563      28        41        55
Gold Au         79 9.2255   20.20       30        44        58
Mercury Hg      80 10.4375  18.7568     34.2      46        61
Thallium Tl     81 6.1082   20.4283     29.83     50.7      64
Lead Pb         82 7.4167   15.03248    31.9373   42.32     68.8
Bismuth Bi      83 7.2856   16.703      25.56     45.3      56.0
Polonium Po     84 8.417 ?  19          27        38        61
Astatine At     85 9.3      20          29        41        51
Radon Rn        86 10.7485  21          29        44        55
Francium Fr     87 4.0727   22          33        43        59
Radium Ra       88 5.2784   10.14715    34        46        58
Actinium Ac     89 5.17     11.75       20        49        62
Thorium Th      90 6.3067   11.9        20.0      28.8      65
Protactinium Pa 91 5.89
Uranium U       92 6.1941   10.6
Neptunium Np    93 6.2657
Plutonium Pu    94 6.0262   11.2
Americium Am    95 5.9738
Curium Cm       96 5.9915
Berkelium Bk    97 6.1979
Californium Cf  98 6.2817   11.8
Einsteinium Es  99 6.42     12.0
Fermium Fm     100 6.50