Iron has a higher melting point than copper. why?
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Fe has a higher melting point than Cu. This is because Fe has four unpaired electrons in 3d-subshell while Cu has only one electron electron in the 4s-soubshell. Hence, metallic bonds in Fe are much stronger than those in Cu.
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