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AP Chemistry
1.7 Periodic Trends
1.6 Photoelectron Spectroscopy
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A student analyzes the photoelectron spectroscopy (PES) data for neutral boron (\(\text{B}\)) atoms shown in the table below and attempts to predict the PES spectrum for neutral carbon (\(\text{C}\)) atoms.

SubshellBinding energy (\(\text{MJ/mol}\))
\(1s\)\(19.3\)
\(2s\)\(1.36\)
\(2p\)\(0.80\)

Which of the following statements correctly predicts and justifies the relative binding energy of the \(2p\) electrons in \(\text{C}\) compared to the \(2p\) electrons in \(\text{B}\)?

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