Question 6.3: Predicting Ionization Energies Arrange the elements Se, Cl, ...

Predicting Ionization Energies
Arrange the elements Se, Cl, and S in order of increasing ionization energy.

STRATEGY
Ionization energy generally increases from left to right across a row of the periodic table and decreases from top to bottom down a group.

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