Practise using successive ionisation energy tables and log graphs to infer shells, subshells, group numbers and element identity.
This question is about the structure of atoms.
Describe what can be deduced about the electronic structure of sodium from its successive ionisation energies.
A description that makes reference to: - three (quantum) shells (1) - 2, 8, 1 - Indication of which electrons are in which (quantum) shell (1) Accept energy levels Accept the numbers in the reverse order Allow descriptions of the large jumps between IE1 & IE2 and IE9 & IE10 e.g. -It has one electron in its outermost shell or - First electron removed is in the third shell / 3s or - 8 electrons in 2^nd quantum shell or -Two electrons are on the innermost shell Allow one electron in valence shell Ignore one valence electron Ignore spd notation