<p>The amount of energy required to remove the electron from a&nbsp;<math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mi>L</mi><msup><mi>i</mi><mrow><mn>2</mn><mo>+</mo></mrow></msup></math>&nbsp;ion in its ground state is how many times greater than the amount of energy required to remove the electron from an H-atom in its ground state</p>