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11.23     Explain why is there a phenomenal decrease in ionization enthalpy from carbon to silicon ?

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Ionisation enthalpy of carbon is quite high because it is small in size. However, on going down the group to silicon, there is a sudden decrease in the enthalpy of the silicon. This is due to the large increase in the atomic size of the silicon element.

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