Why Ag is called transition metal even though it diesnt have half filled d orbitals?
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The transition elements are thoseelements having a partially filled d or f subshell in any common oxidation state. The term "transition elements" most commonly refers to the d-blocktransition elements. Ag has a completely filled 4d orbital (4d10 5s1) in its ground state. ... Hence, it is a transition element
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The transition elements are thoseelements having a partially filled d or f subshell in any common oxidation state. The term "transition elements" most commonly refers to the d-blocktransition elements. Ag has a completely filled 4d orbital (4d10 5s1) in its ground state. ... Hence, it is a transition element
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yeah then how its a transition metal if it has fully filled d orbital?
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Basically the transition metals are defined as compounds having empty d orbitals in free state or in their common oxidation state lets see Ag (silver ) 47
[Kr] 4d^10 5s^1 so basically it has fully filled d orbital so it cannot be called a transition metal but wait lets see Silver’s oxidation state O_o it shows +1 and +2 commonly so in +1 we have [Kr] 4d^10 5s^0 but in +2 we have [Kr] 4d^9 5s^0
So it thus qualifies the definition having incomplete d orbital so its a d block transition element.
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