Why is copper having completely filled d-orbitals (
) regarded as a transition metal?
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Copper is regarded as a transition element as one electron from 4s shell jumps in the 3d shell making it's configuration ![[Ar]_{18}\: 4s^1\: 3d^10](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=+%5BAr%5D_%7B18%7D%5C%3A+4s%5E1%5C%3A+3d%5E10 "[Ar]_{18}\: 4s^1\: 3d^10")
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