The highest-energy valence peak (3p) appears at 9.0 eV in the PES spectrum of Si and…

CHEMISTRY · Subjective · AP · Chemistry · Atomic Structure and Properties · Atomic Structure and Properties

Problem

The highest-energy valence peak (3p) appears at 9.0 eV in the PES spectrum of Si and at 10.5 eV in the PES spectrum of P. In one to two sentences, explain why the 3p electrons in P require more energy to remove than the 3p electrons in Si.

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