Suggest why the second ionisation energy of oxygen is greater than the first

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Ovnia · Answer 1 · 2024-11-25T02:44:32+0000

The second ionization energy of oxygen is greater than the first because removing a second electron requires breaking into a stable, full electron shell, which requires more energy than removing the first electron from a partially filled shell.

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