Principles of Modern Chemistry
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Author: David W. Oxtoby, H. Pat Gillis, Laurie J. Butler
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Chapter 5, Problem 37P
The first ionization energy of helium is
(a) Define ionization energy and discuss why for helium it should be so high.
(b) Which element would you expect to have the highest second ionization energy? Why?
(c) Suppose that you wished to ionize some helium by shining
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(a) In what ways do the two isotopes differ from each other? Does the electronic configuration of 10B differ from that of 11B?
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Principles of Modern Chemistry
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