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What element has a higher ionization energy carbon or silicon
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What element has a higher ionization energy carbon or silicon

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Carbon has the highest ionization energy in the group. The ionization energy for silicon is lower because the outermost electrons for silicon (3p) are further away from the nucleus than those of the 2p level for carbon.
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Carbon has the highest ionization energy
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