Explain why is there a phenomenal decrease in ionization enthalpy from carbon to silicon ?
Shashank , 11 Years ago
Grade Upto college level
2 Answers
Suraj Prasad
Last Activity: 10 Years ago
the net effective nuclear charge decreases as we move down the group and its easy to remove electron from the valence shell...... ….….….….….….….. ….….….….….….….….….….….. ….….….….….….….….….….….….…... ….….….….….….….….….….….….….….….….….…....
Rahul Panwar
Last Activity: 10 Years ago
On moving down the group, the effective nuclear charge gets decreased due to increase in atomic size and, thus, ionization enthalpy gets decreased from carbon to silicon.
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