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CHEMISTRY

IONISATION ENERGY
ACROSS PERIODS 2
AND 3
DEFINITION
IONISATION ENERGY IS THE
ENERGY REQUIRED TO EXPEL AN
ELECTRON FROM AN ATOM
WHEREAS ELECTRONEGATIVITY
RELATES TO AN ATOM’S
TENDENCY TO ATTRACT OR
RECEIVE ELECTRON
TA B LE O F P E R IO D
Li
2
Be B C N O F Ne
element Lithium Beryliu Boron Carbon Nitroge Oxygen Fluorin Neon
m n e

Proton 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
number

First
ionisatio 520 900 801 1086 1402 1314 1681 2081
n energy/
kj mol-1
TABLE OF PERIOD 3
ELEMEN Na Mg Al Si P S Cl Ar
T

PROTON 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
NUMBE
R
FIRST 496 738 578 798 1012 1000 1251 1250
IONISAT
ION
ENERGY
/KJ MOL-
1
Going across a period from left to right ;

atomic size decreases


nuclear charge increase
screening effect remains almost the
same

Therefore, the electrons are more


tightly bound to the nucleus and are
more difficult to be removed.
From the table,we can conclude that the
increase is not uniform.
The first ionisation energy of Be (Period 2)
and Mg(Period 3) is higher than expected.
This is because the first electron to be
removed from this two atoms are from a
fully filled s orbital.
Be : 1s2 2s2
Mg : 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2
The s2 configuration has greater stability
thus making the electron more difficult to
be removed than expected
The first ionisation energy of nitrogen
(Period 2) and Phosphorus (Period 3) is
higher than expected because the first
electron removed is from a completely
half filled p orbital which also has
greater stability
N : 1s2 2s2 2p3
P : 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p3

The first ionisation energy of period 2


elements is higher than their coresponding
period 3 elements.
This is due to the fact that period 2
elements are smaller in size compared to
their corresponding period 3 counterpart

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