Question

What causes an increase in ionization energy?

Answer 1

Answer:

On the periodic table, first ionization energy generally increases as you move left to right across a period. This is due to increasing nuclear charge, which results in the outermost electron being more strongly bound to the nucleus.

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Answer 2

Answer:

on the periodic table, first ionization energy generally increases as you mave left to right across a period this is due to increasing nuclear charge, which results in the outermost electron being more

Explanation:

strongly bound to the nuclear