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Why is the first ionisation energy of strontium larger than the first ionisation energy of rubidium?
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Because, as we know that when we go across the period of the Periodic Table, the number of shells remain the same but the number of electrons and protons increases. So, Rb having its atomic number as 37 and Sr as 38, Strontium has got more nuclear charge as well as more electrons. As a result the first ionisation energy required to remove one electron is more in Strontium than Rubidium.
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