Periodic table / Transition metals

25Manganese

Manganese is a transition metal in group 7, period 4. At 25 °C it is a solid.

Mn
Shells: 2, 8, 13, 2. A simple picture: electrons do not move in circles.
Symbol
Mn
Atomic number
25 protons in the nucleus
Standard atomic weight
54.938 ± 0.001
Electron configuration
[Ar] 3d5 4s2
Electrons in each shell
2, 8, 13, 2
Group, period, block
7, 4, d
Family
Transition metals
State at 25 °C
solid
Electronegativity
1.55 (Pauling scale)
First ionisation energy
717.3 kJ/mol (7.434038 eV)
Where these numbers come from

Atomic weight: IUPAC CIAAW, abridged standard atomic weights 2024. Electron configuration and ionisation energy: NIST Atomic Spectra Database. Family, state and electronegativity: PubChem. See Sources. Melting points, boiling points and densities are left out for now: published values differ between sources, and we will add them once each has been checked.