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Card 16

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Why are ionic compounds brittle? (Mention 2 things)

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Card 17

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Why do solid ionic compounds NOT conduct electricity? (2)

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Card 18

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Why will molten ionic compounds conduct electricity?

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Card 19

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Define: First Ionisation Energy

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Card 20

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With successive ionisation energies, why do big increases in energy occur between electron shells? (2)

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Card 21

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Ionisation energy trends can be explained by what 3 things?

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Card 22

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Why does the 1st ionisation energy always decrease going down the group, even for the increase in nuclear charge? (2)

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Card 23

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Going across the period...why is there an overall increase in ionisation energy?

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Card 24

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Going across the period...why is there a drop from Be to B?

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Card 25

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Going across the period...why is there a drop from N to O?

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