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Calculate what would be the minimum amount of energy (in joules) necessary to remove a ground-state electron (n = 1) completely from a single hydrogen atom. This process is also known as ionization. To
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Calculate what would be the minimum amount of energy (in joules) necessary to remove a ground-state electron (n = 1) completely from a single hydrogen atom. This process is also known as ionization. To answer this question, think about what value n must be in order to completely separate the electron from the hydrogen atom.

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Answer:

E = 2.1 * 10^-18 Joules

Note: To completely remove an electron from the Hydrogen atom, n approaches infinity.

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