Periodic Trends: Ionisation Energy & Reactivity
Investigating trends in ionisation energy and how they relate to chemical reactivity.
Key Questions
- Explain the factors influencing first ionisation energy across a period and down a group.
- Compare the reactivity of metals and non-metals based on ionisation energy trends.
- Predict how ionisation energy changes will affect an element's tendency to form ions.
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