CHEM 10171 Lecture 6: Week 3

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Minimum energy required to remove a valence electron from a gaseous atom. @ground state (think of guards= protons, money= electrons) First ionization energy, second ionization energy, third (higher), etc. Decreases down a group (n increases), increases across a period. More protons = more +ive charge pulling the electrons more energy required to remove electron. Metals have low ionization energies; nonmetals halogens and noble gases- have high ionization energies. Easier to ionize be than b because 2p is intrinsically higher than 2s. Energy change associated with an atom in gas phase gaining an electron. More negative the affinity value = harder to add an electron to the atom. Trend: top to bottom (metals are more positive, nonmetals are more negative) and left to right (more negative) Exceptions: +ive value: when atom becomes unstable by adding an atom. Noble gases (completely filled shells unfavourable reaction. Therefore all noble gases have electron affinity > 0.

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