Thursday, April 4, 2019

periodic trends - Why is the first ionisation energy of a sodium cation bigger than that of a neon atom?


I understand that the 1st ionization energy gets bigger for elements along a period from left to right and along a group from down to up.



But why is the 1st ionization energy of $\ce{Na+}$ bigger than $\ce{Ne}$?


I would have guessed the opposite.




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