Inorganic Chemistry
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Author: Gary L. Miessler, Paul J. Fischer, Donald A. Tarr
Publisher: Prentice Hall
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Chapter 2, Problem 2.41P
The second ionization energy of He ¡s almost exactly four times the ionization energy of H,and the third ionization energy of Li is almost exactly nine times the ionization energy of H:
Explain this trend on the basis of the Bohr equation for energy levels of single-electron systems.
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