Question

is ionization enthalpy endothermic in nature?

Answer 1

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Ionization energy is the energy required to remove the outermost electron from an isolated gaseous atom so as to form an isolated gaseous cation. Therefore Ionization energy is an endothermic process because we need to supply energy to remove that outermost electron. Hence it is positive.