The IP1, IP2, IP3, IP4, IP5 of an element are 7.1, 14.3, 34.5, 46.8, 162.2 eV respectively. Which element among the following would that be?
Si
Among the Ionization Potentials given there is a huge jump from IP4 to IP5, which shows that element attains stable inert gas configuration after losing 4 electrons.
It should be an element from 14th group (IVA). Among the given elements, the answer will be Si.