Chemistry 10th Edition

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Chapter 5 - Chemical Periodicity - Exercises - 203 - Page 203: 29

Answer

$Q=650kJ$

Work Step by Step

By taking the first ionization energy of lithium to be $520\frac{kJ}{mol}$, we can obtain the energy required to convert all of the lithium atoms to gaseous $Li^+$ ions by: $Q=520\frac{kJ}{mol}\times 1.25mol=650kJ$
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