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OpenStudy (anonymous):

4. why is the second ionization energy greater than the first ionization energy

OpenStudy (photon336):

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.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so then it is it is more different to remove a second element from an atom

OpenStudy (anonymous):

do I give u the answers

OpenStudy (photon336):

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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