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Grade 12th passPhysical Chemistry

Which of the following atoms has the highest first ionization energy?
(1) Sc
(2) Rb
(3) Na
(4) K

Profile image of Harshit Singh
5 Years agoGrade 12th pass
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Profile image of Pawan Prajapati
5 Years ago
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Because of poor shielding of d-electrons in Sc, Zeff of Sc becomes more so that ionisation energy of Sc is more than Na, K and Rb.
Hence option (1) is the answer.


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