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Explain how hydrogen differs from alkali metals on the basis of ionisation energies.

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Ionisation energy of hydrogen is very high in comparison to that of alkali metals. For example, ionisation energy of H is 1312 kJ/mol whereas that of Li is 520 kJ/mol.
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