Give reasons for the increase in ionisation energy across a period in the table of elements.
Marks awarded for mention of outer most shells of electrons, shielding effects along side distance from nucleus of respective atoms as well as increased positive charge due to increased number of protons present in nucleus of larger atoms.
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