Why do the successive ionization energies of an atom always increase? Note the successive ionization energies for silicon given in Table. Would you expect to see any large jumps between successive ionization energies of silicon as you removed all the electrons, one by one, beyond those shown in the table?
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General increase Element I 495 4560 Me 735 1445 7730 Core electrons 580 115 2740 11 1 Si 780 1575 3220 4350 16,100 1060 1890 2905 4950 6270 21,200 1005 2260 3375 4565 6950 8490 27,000 125 2295 3850 5160 650 93 11,000 1527 2665 3945 5770 7230 8780 12,000