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Ionization energy of Cu is less than Zn but ionization energy of Cu^+1 > Zn^+1. Why?

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Ionisation energy is the energy required to remove an electron from the valence shell.Zn is having the fully filled orbitals 3d104s2 whereas copper is having 3d104s1 . Alwaysremoving an electron from the fully filled orbital or partially filled orbital is tough as they are more stable. So the ionisation energy of Zinc is more than copper.After losing 1 electron they became Zn+ and Cu+ and they have the configurationZn+ as 3d104s1 and Cu+ has 3d104s0 . Now the removal of electron from copper is tough and it needs more ionisation energy.

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