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- Based on Figure 2.13, which element has the lowest ionization energy? Does this agree with a Google search for lowest ionization energy?

Transcribed Image Text:2500
kJ/mol
Arlonization energy
Kr
Wea
P
Zn As
Se
Mg
Si
Al
Ga
Br
Na
F
Electron affinity Rb
20
30
2000
1500
1000- Be
500-
He
0
-500
He Be
Ne
10
Kr
40
Pd
Cd Sb
In
Sn
50
Xe
Ba
Xe Ba
60
FIGURE 2.13 lonization
Energies and Electron Affinities.
lonization energy = AU for
M(g) →→→ M'(g) + e
(Data from C.E. Moore, lonization
Potentials and lonization Limits,
National Standards Reference Data
Series, U.S. National Bureau of Stand-
ards, Washington, DC, 1970, NSRDS-
NBS 34) Electron affinity- AUfor
M (g) M(g) + Data from
H. Hotop and W. C. Lineberger, J.
Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1985, 14, 731).
Numerical values are in Appendices
B-2 and B-3.
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