Q.

The successive 5 ionisation energies of an element are 800, 2427, 3658, 25024 and 32824 kJ/mol, respectively. By using the above values predict the group in which the above element is present:                                 [2025]

1 Group 14  
2 Group 13  
3 Group 4  
4 Group 2  

Ans.

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There is huge jump on moving from IE3 to IE4. This means removing fourth electron is very difficult. In other words, removing three electrons are relatively easy. i.e. the element has 3 valence electrons. So it is a group 13 element.