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What are two reasons why carbon has a higher first ionization energy than lithium?
Bubbles1982
Ioniz. energy is the amount of energy it takes to remove one electron from an atom. Lithium has one too many electrons before it reaches the highly stable octet of the immediately previous noble gas- so it gives it up really easily. Carbon is farther away from the octet in this manner, so it will take more energy. Also, lithium is a metal and metals tend to lose electrons. Carbon, a nonmetal, tends to gain electrons.
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Which element in each pair has a greater first ionization energy Lithium Boron?
Lithium
What element has the lowest ionization energy out of Lithium Boron Oxygen Fluorine Neon?
lithium
Why is the ionization energy of beryllium is higher than lithium?
Ionization energy represents the energy required to remove electrons from an atom. The first and second ionization energies are relatively small because the lectrons must be removed from the 2s orbital. For the third ionization energy the electron must be removed from the 1s orbital which has less energy than the 2s, and so requires much more energy to be removed.
What is common to the following elements lithium carbon oxygen and fluorine?
Lithium, carbon, oxygen, and fluorine are all reactive elements, which means that they want to bond with other elements to form compounds. Carbon and oxygen together can even covalently bond together to form the compound CO2 (carbon dioxide). Lithium and fluorine can ionically bond because lithium needs to lose its single valence electron to take away its unnecessary second energy shell to finish with a single full energy shell, while fluorine needs to gain one more valence electron to make its last energy shell full, forming the compound LiF (lithium fluoride).
Which element has a higher first ionization energy than chlorine Cl?
Ionization energy decrease down the group.So in halogens,Fluorine has highest 1st ionization energy.
What Alkali metal has the highest ionization energy?
lithium
Which element has the greatest ionization energy aluminum boron or carbon?
Carbon has the highest ionization energy
Which element between lithium potassium rubidium and cesium has the smallest ionization energy?
T he smallest first ionization energyis for lithium.
Which element in each pair has a greater first ionization energy Lithium Boron?
Lithium
What element has the lowest ionization energy out of Lithium Boron Oxygen Fluorine Neon?
lithium
Which atom lithium or cesium needs more energy to become an ion?
Lithium need more ionization energy.
Why is it easier to lose electrons from a cesium atom than from a lithium atom?
It all has to due with ionization energy. Ionization energy is the energy required to remove an electron from an atom to make it an ion. Cesium has a lower ionization energy than Lithium, so it is easier to remove electrons, and thus lose electrons, from a Cesium atom than a Lithium atom.
Whose first ionization energy is higher oxygen or carbon?
The first ionization energy for carbon is 1 086,5 kJ/mol. The first ionization energy for oxygen is 1 319,9 kJ/mol.
Which is least reactive sodium or lithium?
Sodium is more reactive then lithium because Na has a lower ionization energy.
What is the group trend for the ionization energy for the alkali metals?
As you go down the group (any group), ionization energy decreases. So in terms of ionization energy, for the alkali metals, Lithium > Sodium > Potassium > Rubidium > Caesium > Francium
Which Alkali metals would undergo the least exothermic reaction with chlorine?
Most likely lithium since it has a the highest ionization energy than the others.
Which of these elements has the highest first ionization energy Si or C?
The ionization energy is the energy needed to extract an electron from an atom; first ionization energy, second, third etc. can be measured. Reactive chemical elements have lower ionization energy.The first ionization energy for silicon is 786,5 kJ/mol.The first ionization energy for carbon is 1 086,5 kJ/mol.
