Argon and potassium are neighbors in the periodic table but have very different sizesa potassium atom is

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Argon and potassium are neighbors in the periodic table but have very different sizes—a potassium atom is approximately 3 times the size of an argon atom. What does this difference imply about their ionization energies?

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College Physics A Strategic Approach

ISBN: 9780134779218

4th Edition

Authors: Randall D. Knight, Brian Jones

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