📈 SUCCESSIVE IONISATION
PAGE 1 OF 5, ONE AFTER ANOTHER
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EACH NEXT ELECTRON COSTS MORE
Successive ionisation energies are the energies needed to remove the first, second, third electron, and so on from the same element. Each step is harder than the last because the ion is more positive and pulls remaining electrons more tightly.
📈 SUCCESSIVE IE
IE₁, IE₂, IE₃… each removes one more electron from an increasingly positive ion.
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FIRST
🔓 Remove the outermost electron
⚡ Lowest of the set for that atom
📍 From the neutral atom
⚡ Lowest of the set for that atom
📍 From the neutral atom
NEXT
🔒 Ion is already positive
📈 Harder to remove the next one
🧲 Stronger pull on remaining electrons
📈 Harder to remove the next one
🧲 Stronger pull on remaining electrons