The energy required to remove electron from an atom in gaseous state is called?

Electronegativity

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Ionization energy

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Electron affinity

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Electropositivity

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Solution

The correct option is C
Electron affinity

The ionization energy is defined as the amount of energy required to remove the most loosely bound electron, valence electron to form a cation .

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