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Table 2

Number of levels, ground states, and ionization energies (in eV) for the nineteen ions of scandium according to NIST and our calculations (FAC).

Number of levels Ground state Ionization energy (eV)
Ion NIST FAC Conf Level NIST FAC Diff Rodrigues Diff

Sc xxi 25 100 1s    2S1/2 6033.755 6033.82 0.06
Sc xx 25 199 1s2    1S0 5675. 5673.45 –1.55
Sc xix 27 99 2s    2S1/2 1288.0 1287.61 –0.39
Sc xviii 16 676 2s2    1S0 1212.6 1212.90 0.30 1206.9 –5.70
Sc xvii 28 1332 2s22p 1094. 1092.73 –1.27 1094.8 0.80
Sc xvi 34 2298 2s22p2    3P0 1009. 1008.91 –0.09 1010.0 1.00
Sc xv 27 2577 2s22p3 927.5 925.69 –1.81 926.3 –1.20
Sc xiv 35 2286 2s22p4    3P2 830.8 831.67 0.87 830.7 –0.10
Sc xiii 29 1476 2s22p5 756.7 755.97 –0.73 755.8 –0.90
Sc xii 55 569 2s22p6    1S0 687.4 684.14 –3.22 684.5 –2.86
Sc xi 39 96 3s    2S1/2 249.80 249.41 –0.39 249.2 –0.60
Sc x 67 523 3s2    1S0 225.18 224.89 –0.29 222.9 –2.28
Sc ix 26 915 3s23p 180.0 180.31 0.31 179.6 –0.40
Sc viii 26 2001 3s23p2    3P0 158.1 157.80 –0.30 157.4 –0.70
Sc vii 34 2661 3s23p3 138.0 136.33 –1.67 135.8 –2.20
Sc vi 39 1889 3s23p4    3P2 110.7 110.07 –0.63 109.3 –1.40
Sc v 118 1436 3s23p5 91.7 91.42 –0.27 90.3 –1.39
Sc iv 127 616 3s23p6    1S0 73.4894 74.76 1.27 72.3 –1.19
Sc iii 43 93 3p63d    2D3/2 24.75684 23.38 –1.37 23.8 –0.96
total 820 21 842 .

Notes. Ionization energies derived from Rodrigues et al. (2004) are also given. Columns “diff” give the differences between our calculations or Rodrigues’ ones and NIST values.

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