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Offline Gabriel

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why do transition metals chemistry have the wide range of oxidation states???
« on: November 26, 2006, 01:59:20 PM »
why do transition metals chemistry have the wide range of oxidation states???
is that any related to its imcompleted 3d orbitals when we are talking about its ion state??
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Re: why do transition metals chemistry have the wide range of oxidation states???
« Reply #1 on: November 26, 2006, 02:14:54 PM »
the thing with transition metals is that they don't give all their electrons when they are ionized. so their is not one distinct oxidation state but several ones.
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Re: why do transition metals chemistry have the wide range of oxidation states???
« Reply #2 on: November 28, 2006, 12:24:47 PM »
THANKS!!!
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