(b) Which has the larger sixth ionization energy, Se or Br?

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Hello everyone today we are being given the falling problem, select the element that has a larger six ionization energy from the following pair. Polonium or asked 18. It's important to note that there is a trend for our ionization energy abbreviated by I sub E. So with our I sub E, it's generally going to increase from me go left to right of the periodic table and it's going to decrease as we go down a group. And so if we compare these two elements here, polonium or acetylene, we note that the ionization energy for polonium is going to be less than that of a statin based on their position on the periodic table. And so with that we can say that the ionization energy for polonium is going to be less than that and therefore a statin will have a greater ionization energy out of these two. And with that we've answered the question overall, I hope that this helped.