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Line graph showing the first ionization energies of the elements as a function of atomic number, with peaks at noble gases like helium, neon, argon, krypton, xenon, and radon, and labeled elements at key points.

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ionization energy resonance ionization secondary ionization impact ionization thermal ionization electron affinity photo-ionization Franck–Condon principle resonant two-photon ionization Grotthuss–Draper law nuclear reaction subatomic particle radioactivity Atomism isotope periodic table magnetic resonance carbanion carbonium ion atomic physics

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Norman Robert Campbell

British physicist and philosopher