Ionization energy, according to <span>chem.libretexts.org,</span><span> is the quantity of </span>energy<span> that an isolated, gaseous atom in the ground electronic state must absorb to discharge an electron, resulting in a cation. This </span>energy<span> is usually expressed in kJ/mol, or the amount of </span>energy<span> it takes for all the atoms in a mole to lose one electron each.</span>
