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Neptunium
Electrons per shell 2,8,18,32,22,9,2
Electron Configuration [Rn] 5f4 6d1 7s2 open electron config
Ground state (4,3/2)11/2
Atomic Volume 11.62 cm3 mol-1
Electronegativity 1.36
Magnetic ordering No data
Thermal Properties
Enthalpy of Atomization No data.
Enthalpy of Fusion 9.46 kJ mol-1
Enthalpy of Vaporisation 336.6 kJ mol-1
Heat Capacity 29.46 J mol-1 K-1
Thermal Conductivity 6.3 W m-1 K-1
Thermal Expansion No data.
Electrical Properties
Electrical resistivity 1.20 x 10-6 Ω m
Electrical conductivity 0.0312 106/cm Ω
Chemical Properties
Electrochemical Equivalent 1.7689 g Ah-1
Valence Electron Potential (-eV) 96
Ionization Potential  
First 6.19
Energy Levels
Lα1 (intensity 100) 13.9441 KeV
Lα2 (intensity 10) 13.7597 KeV
Lβ1 (intensity 38) 17.7502 KeV
Lβ2 (intensity 14) 16.84 KeV
Lβ3 (intensity 2) 17.9864 KeV
Lβ4 (intensity 2) 17.0582 KeV
Lγ1 (intensity 8) 20.7848 KeV
Lγ2 (intensity 2.7) 21.0956 KeV
Lγ3 (intensity 2) 15.874 KeV
Ll (intensity 6) 11.8722 KeV
Atomic Radii
Empirical 175 pm
Bohr Radius No data.
Covalent Radius No data.
Van der Waals No data.
Triple covalent 116 pm
Metallic 155 pm
Oxidation States
Main Np+5
Other Np+2, Np+3, Np+4, Np+6, Np+7
Ionisation Energies (kJ mol-1) show graph
M - M+ 597
Vapour Pressure
P (Pa) 1 10 100 1K 10K 100K
T (K) 2194 2437
Crystal Structure
Structure Orthorhombic
a = 666.3 pm
b = 472.3 pm
c = 488.7 pm
α = 90°
β = 90°
γ = 90°