How do the ionization energies of the alkaline earths compare with those of the adjacent alkali metals?

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anor277
Jun 21, 2016

Do you think you could quote some ionization energies, or do you expect us to dig for them?

Explanation:

In the absence of actual data, I would guess that the ionization energy of alkaline earth, i.e. the energy associated with the given reaction:

#"Alkaline Earth+energy"rarr"(Alkaline Earth)"^+ + e^-#

would be slightly greater than that of the corresponding alkali metal because its nuclear charge is greater (i.e. #Z+1)#. But what do I know? I has no data.

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