Distinguish between the first, second and third ionization energies of an atom?
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Explanation:
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From first principles, we would expect that
Well, for a start, the successive ionization energies remove an electron from an atom that is ALREADY positively charged. And, the electron may be a non-valence electron, i.e. it may be from an inner non-valence shell, for which more energy is required to remove this electron.
But a scientist interrogates data....
Are these data consistent with what we have argued?