Nitrogen has higher ionisation enthalpy than oxygen explain
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In nitrogen p - subshell is half filled .
According to Hund , half filled & full filled orbitals are more
stable . Hence it is difficult to remove an electron from 2p, So more
amount of energy is required to remove an electron.Therefore IE of
nitrogen is higher than oxygen
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Answer:Oxygen has low ionisation energy (than that of nitrogen). It is due to an electron being added to an already half full orbital in oxygen, which results in electron electron repulsion, which will lower the ionisation energy. ... Nitrogen also has the added stability of a half filled shell of electrons in the 2p shell.
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