Chemistry 9701 · AS & A Level · The Periodic Table: chemical periodicity

The Periodic Table: chemical periodicity — practice question

Elements X and Y belong to the same group in the Periodic Table. The table gives the first six ionisation energies of X and Y in $\text{kJ mol}^{-1}$. What might the identities of X and Y be?

  • AX: antimony, Sb; Y: arsenic, As
  • BX: arsenic, As; Y: antimony, Sb
  • CX: selenium, Se; Y: tellurium, Te
  • DX: tellurium, Te; Y: selenium, Se

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