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Topic: Existence of Multiple Oxidation States of Transition Metals  (Read 2446 times)

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Offline mjzapanta94

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Existence of Multiple Oxidation States of Transition Metals
« on: July 25, 2010, 09:38:45 AM »
Why do most transition metals exhibit multiple oxidation states like that of Copper that has a +1 and +2 oxidation states and of Mn with 4 oxidation states? Is it because it would be more stable? If that is the answer, then why?
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Re: Existence of Multiple Oxidation States of Transition Metals
« Reply #1 on: July 25, 2010, 10:25:25 AM »
It's related to the fact that transition metals have electrons filled in their d orbitals.
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