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Explain the trend in Ionisation energy when moving across a period and down a group

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Ionisation energy is the energy required to remove one mole of electrons from

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Explain why the second ionisation energy of boron is higher than the first ionisation energy of boron?

Boron is the 5th element in the periodic table, and has an electron configuration 1s²2s²2p¹. The first ionization energy of Boron is the energy required to remove the sing...

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What's the difference between an electrophile and a nucleophile?

It's really useful to know that 'phile' means love.Electrophiles 'love' negative charge - this means they are attracted to regions of negative charge. And as such they tend to be positively charged.Simila...

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What are isotopes and how do they differ from each other?

An isotope is a different form of the same element. They differ from each other by the number of neutrons, however they have the same number of protons and electrons. This results in a different atomic...

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