why are copper silver and gold called transition elements despite their the d orbital full
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Though copper , silver and gold have completely filled sets of d-orbitals yet they are considered as transition metals. Why? Solution : These metals in their common oxidation states have incompletely filled d-orbitals, e.g., Cu2+ has 3d9 and Au3+ has 5d8 configuration.
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