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What types of elements- metals,

nonmetals, or metalloids require
the most energy to remove an
electron?
Why do these elements have a higher ionization energy?

User Dryadwoods
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Answer:

Noble gases

Step-by-step explanation:

The noble gases are non-metals that requires the highest amount of energy to remove an electron from their shells.

The reason for this difficult is that their electronic configuration confers a stable configuration them.

  • The ionization energy is the energy required to remove the most loosely held electrons in an atom.
  • Due to the special stability of noble gases, it is very difficult to remove electrons from an atom of noble gases.
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