Answer to Question #141446 in General Chemistry for Karlisa

Question

Using only the periodic table arrange the following elements in order of increasing ionization energy:

lead, carbon, germanium, tin

Answer 1

The ionization energy increases from bottom to top in groups, and from from left to right across a period.

From carbon elements given, the increase in trends of ionization energy follows the trend as follows;

$Carbon\to Germanium\to Tin \to Lead$