Compare the ionisation energy of nitrogen and oxygen
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Nitrogen has a half filled orbital. ... On the other hand, since Oxygen is already unstable relative to Nitrogen, by losing one electron it attains a stable half filled orbital. So oxygen undergoes ionisation at a relatively lower energy. This is why nitrogen has a higher ionisation energy than oxygen
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ionisation energy of nitrogen is found to be greater than oxygen on the other hand, since oxygen is already unstable relative to nitrogen by losing one electron it attains a stable half filled orbital so oxygen undergoes ionisation at a relative lower energy
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