For which of the following reactions is the enthalpy change equal to the second ionization energy of nitrogen A) N²⁺(g) $\rarr$N³⁺(g) + e^- B) N²⁺(g) + e^- $\rarr$N⁺(g) C) N(g) $\rarr$N²⁺(g) + 2e^- D) N^-(g) + e^- $\rarr$ N^2-(g) E) N⁺(g) $\rarr$N²⁺(g) + e^-

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The second ionization energy of nitrogen involves removing a second electron from a nitrogen atom that has already lost one electron, thus moving from a singly positively charged nitrogen ion to a doubly positively charged nitrogen ion and releasing an electron in the process. Option E correctly represents this process.

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