Chapter 4, Problem 4.63QP

Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation: Attractive forces between the nucleus in each of the given atom and valence electron that would be removed by first ionization need to be compared.

Concept Introduction:

Coulomb’s law states about the force between the two charges.  In chemistry, Coulomb’s law states that the force exhibited between two charges is directly proportional to the product of two charges and inversely proportional to the square of distance between the two charges.  In form of equation it can be depicted as,

$\text{F}\propto \frac{{\text{Q}}_{\text{1}}\times {\text{ Q}}_{\text{2}}}{{\text{d}}^{\text{2}}}$

Where $Q_1$ and ${\text{Q}}_{\text{2}}$ are the amount charge on the two ions considered and “d” is the distance between two ions.