Determination of the valence electronic configuration of uranium dioxide by photoelectron spectroscopy

1 January 1977

journal article
research article
Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Faraday Transactions 2: Molecular and Chemical Physics

Vol. 73 (7) , 1341-1343
https://doi.org/10.1039/f29777301341

Abstract

A comparison of the He I, He II and MgKα photoelectron spectra of the valence band of uranium dioxide shows that the two uranium valence electrons are predominantly 5ƒ rather than 6d in character in this compound.

Keywords

VALENCE ELECTRONS
CONFIGURATION
SPECTRA
COMPOUND
CHARACTER
MGKΑ
DIOXIDE