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Ionization potential is the energy required to remove one electron from an atom in the gaseous state. The units may be eV(electron volts) or kJ/mol. These are readily interconverted.

Usually the ionization potentials for successive electrons are quoted as the first ionization potential, second ionization potential etc.

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