Edexcel A-Level Chemistry AS 2.17 Represent Data in a Graphical Form Including the Use of Logarithms of First Ionisation Energies on a Graph for Elements 1 Questions

Practise plotting ionisation-energy and logarithmic data with labelled axes, estimating missing values and identifying periodic patterns using Edexcel IAL Chemistry evidence.

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Plot ionisation-energy data with labelled axes, units, scale and accurate points.
Use a log-ionisation graph to estimate and convert a missing energy value.
Identify periodic behaviour from repeating patterns in ionisation-energy data.

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This question is about the structure of atoms.

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The log of the fourth ionisation energy for six elements is shown in the table.

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Plot a graph of these data.
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Use your graph to estimate the fourth ionisation energy for sodium, in $\mathrm{kJ} \mathrm{mol}^{-1}$ .

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