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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Arrange the following species in order of decreasing first ionization energy: Rn Mg He Ar

OpenStudy (jfraser):

Ionization energy is a measure of how difficult it is to remove a valence electron from an atom. Which of those atoms really doesn't "want" one of its valence electrons taken away?

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