How do you calculate the ionization energy (in kJ/mol) of the He+ ion?
A H- like ion is an ion containing only one electron. The energies of the electron in a hydrogen-like ion are given by #E(n)= - (2.18 * 10^ -18 J) Z^2 (1/ n^2)#
where #n# is the principal quantum number and #Z# is the atomic number of the element.
A H- like ion is an ion containing only one electron. The energies of the electron in a hydrogen-like ion are given by
where
1 Answer
You can do it like this:
Explanation:
You are given the expression for the energy of the electron:
When the electron is in its ground state, the value of the principle quantum number
For these higher energy levels you can see that the value of
The means that the gap in energy between successive energy levels gets less and less such that they converge and eventually coalesce.
At this point as
An electron excited to this point can be regarded as ionised i.e it has left the atom.
The difference in energy between these levels will represent the ionisation energy.
For
To convert to kJ divide by 1000
This is the energy required to ionise a single
To find the energy required to ionise a mole of ions you need to multiply by The Avogadro Constant which is