<u>Answer:</u> The chemical formula is 
<u>Explanation:</u>
Ionization energy is defined as the amount of energy that is required to remove an electron from a chemical species.
The ionization energy equation for the given values follow:



From the values of ionization energy above, it can be seen that the ionization energy increases as every succeeding electron is removed.
Second ionization energy is a little higher than the first one but there is a huge amount of difference between the third and second ionization energy.
This implies that the ion formed during second ionization energy has a stable configuration and it requires a humongous amount of heat to release the third electron.
Hence, the ion formed will be 
Sulfite ion is a polyatomic ion having a chemical formula of 
An ionic compound is formed between the two ions and the chemical compound formed between the two will have a formula of 
Hence, the chemical formula is 
Answer: 2. cannot be an element.
Explanation:
Element is a pure substance which is composed of atoms of similar elements.It can not be decomposed into simpler constituents using chemical reactions.Example: Copper 
Compound is a pure substance which is made from atoms of different elements combined together in a fixed ratio by mass.It can be decomposed into simpler constituents using chemical reactions. Example: methane 

Thus as it can be decomposed into its constituent elements, it is a compound.
Mixture is a substance which has two or more components which do not combine chemically and do not have any fixed ratio in which they are present.
Thus methane cannot be an element.
Concave is not a type of mechanical wave because it doesn’t need a medium for propagation.