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The energy needed to remove one or more electrons from a neutral atom to form a positively charged ion is a physical property that influences the chemical behavior of the atom. By definition, the first ionization energy of an element is the energy needed to remove the outermost, or highest energy, electron from a neutral atom in the gas phase. The process by which the first ionization energy of hydrogen is measured would be represented by the following equation.
2nd ionization energy refers to the energy needed to remove a second electron. By the time an atom has lost its first electron (adding energy enough to equal the first ionizat â¦ ion energy), it has become positively charged. This means, it is looking for electrons because it wants to be neutral.