WAEC - Chemistry (2017 - No. 16)
The ionization energy is affected by the following factors except
distance of the outermost electron(s) from the nucleus
size of the positive nuclear charge
ability to attract shared electron(s)
screening effect of the inner electron(s)
Giải thích
These 3 factors affect the ionization energy:
- Size of the positive nuclear charge
- Size of atom (distance of outermost electron from the nucleus)
- Screening effect of inner shell electrons