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Periodic Trends Lab: 3D Graphing (student handout continued)
Analysis:
Answer in complete sentences.
Ionization Energy
A. Describe the general trend for ionization energy as you go across and down the periodic table.
B. Which element requires the most energy to release an electron? How can you tell?
C. Which group on the periodic table is the least likely to make ions? Support your answer.
Atomic Radius
D. Describe the general trend for atomic radius as you go across and down the periodic table.
E. Which element from those given in this lab seems to have the largest radius? Explain.
F. If you were to continue your 3-D graph for every element on the periodic table, which would you suspect
to have the largest radius of all? Explain.
