General Chemistry 10th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1-28505-137-8
ISBN 13: 978-1-28505-137-6

Chapter 8 - Electron Configurations and Periodicity - Questions and Problems - Page 331: 8.64

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We know that ionization energy increases as we move down the group form Ca to Mg and increases as we go from left to right in period. Thus the increasing order of ionization is Ca, Mg, S.
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