How would you relate ionization with reducing property of metals?
1 Answer
Jan 23, 2016
The ionization energy, is the energy associated with the following equation:
Explanation:
So, the more facile this reaction is, the better the metal is as a reducing agent. It follows that metals with low ionization energies are more potent reducing agents. The alkali metals (which are easily ionized) are thus the most potent reducing agents.
