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Study the table below and answer the questions that follow.

      

Study the table below and answer the questions that follow.

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a) Define the term ‘ionization energy’

b) Explain the trend in the ionization energy from element K to T

c) Compare the trend in the melting and boiling points of elements K and T.

  

Answers


Martin
a) Ionization energy is the minimum amount of energy required to remove an electron from the last energy level of an isolated neutral atom form a positively charged ion in gaseous state

b) The ionization energy decreases from K to T; this is because of the addition of an extra energy level from K to T which decreases the nuclear attraction hence easy to remove an electron from the outermost energy level
Group I; they all have one electron in their outermost energy level;

c) Both K and T have giant metallic structures. K has smaller atomic/ionic size with strong metallic bonds that require higher amount of energy to break hence high melting and boiling point compared to T.
marto answered the question on October 1, 2019 at 10:51


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