We know that ionization energy is going to increase as we go across the periodic table, so that means carbon has a lower ionization energy than nitrogen which is right next to us.

我们知道电离能会随着周期表,向右而逐渐变大，因此碳的电离能比旁边的氮要低一些,那么就像我说的。

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The only thing that's different is that they're one down on the periodic table, potassium is down one row, so it's going to be a little bigger, but when we're thinking about size, it maybe does not seem that significant to talk about the size.

它们唯一的不同点,就在于其中一个在周期表的下面，钾在下一行，因此它要稍微大一些，但是当我们考虑尺寸的时候，似乎讨论尺寸的意义不大。

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