Principles of Modern Chemistry
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Author: David W. Oxtoby, H. Pat Gillis, Laurie J. Butler
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Chapter 5, Problem 37P
The first ionization energy of helium is
(a) Define ionization energy and discuss why for helium it should be so high.
(b) Which element would you expect to have the highest second ionization energy? Why?
(c) Suppose that you wished to ionize some helium by shining
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