![]() The explanation for the drop between magnesium and aluminum is the same, except that everything is happening at the 3-level rather than the 2-level. That also reduces the pull from the nucleus and so lowers the ionization energy. The 2p orbital is screened not only by the 1s 2 electrons but, to some extent, by the 2s 2 electrons as well. ![]()
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