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Proton number - the more protons, the greater the effective nuclear charge, meaning that it requires more energy to displace an electron by overcoming the forces of electrostatic attraction between the positively-charged nucleus and the electrons
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Electron pairing - if two electrons are paired in an orbital, the fact that their charges are like results in them repelling each other which contributes to the energy required to displace the electron and ionise the atom - meaning that the ionisation energy required to displace the electron is lower
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Electron shielding shells - if there are more electron shells between the highest energy level electron and the atomic nucleus, the shells exert a dampening effect on the size of the force of electrostatic attraction - so the ionisation energy decreases as the effective nuclear charge is weaker
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Orbitals - if the electron is located in an orbital further away from the nucleus (ie a higher energy orbital), the force of electrostatic attraction experienced by the electron is lower and the electron subsequently has more kinetic energy. Therefore it requires less energy to displace it from the atomic radius
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