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What is ionization potential?

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Ionization potential is thee potential difference corresponding to the energy in electron volts that is just sufficient to ionize a gas molecule or to remove a electron completely from the atom.

The energy equivalent to ionization potential is called ionization energy and measured in electron volt.

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