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{{see|Electron affinity}}
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! rowspan=2 | [[Atomic number|''Z'']]
! rowspan=2 | Element
! colspan=2 | [[Electron affinity]]
! rowspan=2 class="unsortable" | Ref.
|-
! (eV)
! (kJ mol<sup>−1</sup>)
|-
| 1
| [[Hydrogen]]
| 0.754 209(3)
| 72.7701(3)
| <ref name="H&L">{{citation | last1 = Hotop | first1 = H. | last2 = Lineberger | first2 = W. C. | title = Binding energies in atomic negative ions. II | journal = J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data | year = 1985 | volume = 14 | issue = 3 | pages = 731–50 | doi = 10.1063/1.555735}}.</ref>
|-
| 3
| [[Lithium]]
| 0.618 050(74)
| 59.6328(72)
| <ref name="H&L"/><ref>{{citation | last1 = Dellwo | first1 = J. | last2 = Liu | first2 = Y. | last3 = Pegg | first3 = D. J. | last4 = Alton | first4 = G. D. | title = Near-Threshold Photodetachment of the Li<sup>−</sup> Ion | journal = Phys. Rev. A | year = 1992 | volume = 45 | issue = 3 | pages = 1544–47 | doi = 10.1103/PhysRevA.45.1544}}.</ref><ref>{{citation | last1 = Haeffler | first1 = G. | last2 = Hanstorp | first2 = G. | last3 = Kiyan | first3 = I. | last4 = Klinkmüller | first4 = A. E. | last5 = Ljungblad | first5 = U. | last6 = Pegg | first6 = D. J. | title = Electron affinity of Li: A state-selective measurement | journal = Phys. Rev. A | year = 1996 | volume = 53 | issue = 6 | pages = 4127–31 | doi = 10.1103/PhysRevA.53.4127}}.</ref>
|-
| 5
| [[Boron]]
| 0.279 743(44)
| 26.9910(42)
| <ref>{{citation | last1 = Scheer | first1 = Michael | last2 = Bilodeau | first2 = René C. | last3 = Haugen | first3 = Harold K. | title = Negative ion of boron: An experimental study of the <sup>3</sup>''P'' ground state | journal = Phys. Rev. Lett. | year = 1998 | volume = 80 | issue = 12 | pages = 2562–65 | doi = 10.1103/PhysRevLett.80.2562}}.</ref>
|-
| 6
| [[Carbon]]
| 1.262 119(20)
| 121.7760(19)
| <ref>{{citation | last1 = Scheer | first1 = Michael | last2 = Bilodeau | first2 = René C. | last3 = Brodie | first3 = Cicely. A. | last4 = Haugen | first4 = Harold K. | title = Systematic study of the stable states of C<sup>−</sup>, Si<sup>−</sup>, Ge<sup>−</sup>, and Sn<sup>−</sup> via infrared laser spectroscopy | journal = Phys. Rev. A | year = 1998 | volume = 58 | issue = 4 | pages = 2844–56 | doi = 10.1103/PhysRevA.58.2844}}.</ref>
|-
| 8
| [[Oxygen]]
| 1.461 112(44)
| 140.9759(42)
| <ref>{{citation | last1 = Valli | first1 = Christophe | last2 = Blondel | first2 = Christophe | last3 = Delsart | first3 = Christian | title = Measuring electron affinities with the photodetachment microscope | journal = Phys. Rev. A | year = 1999 | volume = 59 | issue = 5 | pages = 3809–15 | doi = 10.1103/PhysRevA.59.3809}}.</ref>
|-
| 9 || [[Fluorine]] || 3.401 1895(25) || 328.164 92(24) || <ref>{{citation | last1 = Blondel | first1 = Christophe | last2 = Delsart | first2 = Christian | last3 = Goldfarb | first3 = Fabienne | title = Electron spectrometry at the μeV level and the electron affinities of Si and F | journal = J. Phys. B | year = 2001 | volume = 34 | issue = 9 | pages = L281–88 | doi = 10.1088/0953-4075/34/9/101}}.</ref>
|-
| 11
| [[Sodium]]
| 0.547 949(44)
| 52.8690(42)
| <ref name="H&L"/>
|-
|}

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