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Which factor offsets the considerable amount of energy required to form M¹+ and M²+ ions for alkali and alkaline earth metals?
Which factor offsets the considerable amount of energy required to form M¹+ and M²+ ions for alkali and alkaline earth metals?
- Low negative values for the enthalpies of hydration of the ions
- The formation of gaseous ions in solution
- The energy required for the formation of gaseous ions
- High negative values for the enthalpies of hydration of the ions (correct)
What balances out the energy required for the formation of gaseous M¹+ and M²+ ions?
What balances out the energy required for the formation of gaseous M¹+ and M²+ ions?
- The high negative enthalpies of hydration of the ions (correct)
- The low positive enthalpies of hydration of the ions
- The low negative enthalpies of hydration of the ions
- The high positive enthalpies of hydration of the ions
What type of ions do alkali and alkaline earth metals form that require a considerable amount of energy?
What type of ions do alkali and alkaline earth metals form that require a considerable amount of energy?
- M¹+ and M²+ ions (correct)
- M³+ and M⁴+ ions
- M⁰ and M⁺ ions
- M⁻¹ and M⁻² ions
