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Homework Statement
The first ionization energy of an atom is the minimum energy needed to remove one electron. For helium, this is 24.6 eV. The second ionization energy is the additional energy required to remove a second electron.
a) Calculate the second ionization energy of helium.
b)What is the total binding energy of helium (the is, the energy to take it apart into two separated electrons and a nucleus
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The Attempt at a Solution
I figure that since the first ionization energy is 24.6 eV, the second will also be 24.6 eV. But it seems too simple to be right. doesn't the other electron play into the ionization energy of the first