In reply to Mark Iverson-ZeroPoint's message of Fri, 23 Sep 2011 01:07:14 -0700: Hi, [snip] >The higher frequency e- oscillations of the inner e- shells means they are >traversing the nucleus more frequently, thus, creating a stronger coupling >to the proton oscillations in the nucleus, and thus, harder to break them >loose stronger coupling = higher ionization energies. > This is not quite right. The higher ionization energy for inner electrons is primarily due tot he fact that they are deeper in the electrostatic well, and thus have farther to climb out. The frequency is also higher, but as a consequence, not a cause.
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