Core
Periodicity: Ionization Energy & Electron Affinity
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Ionization energies
of elements in period 3
Notice,
for Na there is a dramatic change (more than 5-fold increase) from I1 to I2.
For
Mg the change is between I2 and I3.
While
for S it is between I6 and I7.
Why
is that so? What do they indicate?
