4. why is the second ionization energy greater than the first ionization energy
Ionization energy = amount of energy needed to remove an electron from 1 mol a gaseous element that's neutral. when you remove the first electron, the energy is less because, think about it. now there are more protons than electrons so there's a positive charge. the second ionization energy is greater because now there's a greater amount of positive charge, so it's harder to remove that electron and son an so forth. so it goes up.
so then it is it is more different to remove a second element from an atom
do I give u the answers
yeah generally, it's usually harder to remove a second electron than the first. so second ionization energy higher than first one.
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