Silver atom has completely filled d orbi | Class 12 Chemistry Chapter The d-and f-Block Elements, The d-and f-Block Elements NCERT Solutions

Question:

Silver atom has completely filled d orbitals (4d10) in its ground state. How can you say that it is a transition element?

Answer:

The transition elements are those elements having a partially filled d or f subshell in any common oxidation state. The term "transition elements" most commonly refers to the d-block transition elements. Ag has a completely filled 4d orbital (4d10 5s1) in its ground state. Now, silver displays two oxidation states (+1 and +2). In the +1 oxidation state, an electron is removed from the s-orbital. However, in the +2 oxidation state, an electron is removed from the d-orbital. Thus, the d-orbital now becomes incomplete (4d9). Hence, it is a transition element.


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Comments

  • Sachin
  • 2019-10-21 10:43:02

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  • Umang
  • 2019-10-20 15:47:55

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  • Nikhil Yadav
  • 2019-04-06 01:09:01

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  • 2019-02-22 15:28:52

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  • Sakti
  • 2019-02-17 10:02:29

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  • lokesh
  • 2018-05-15 19:58:01

They asked in ground state but the answer is about in +2 oxidation state how can it be justified


  • Sheik MahBoob
  • 2017-02-11 23:15:11

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  • HERA AHMAD
  • 2016-03-26 20:04:28

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  • AKHIL NAIR
  • 2015-12-29 06:02:26

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  • AKHIL NAIR
  • 2015-12-29 06:01:47

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