1. Why does the first ionisation energy of atoms generally increase across a period?
As you go across the period, the number of protons increases, however the amount of shielding stays the same, so attraction of outer electrons to nucleus increases and more energy is required to remove an electron. Hence the ionisation energy increases.
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