PERRET LAES

1.BOOKELEMENIS
11D&E SLOCK ELEWENS
Ttamsibn
A Trasiion Elemens The l a c k conains the elenmenbs in whe
which
ec a mes the dsushell k oonsists o the elenments o the grvu
e a s i i o n Elemmens The elemenbs in which the last electron
S s b e l l s caled &lock aiemant.These elements ae formal memben
e m hich they hasue been taken ut to fom a separate Eblock of th

12DBLOCK ELENENIS
AA a n s i t i o element enad as he one which has incompletely

orbitals in is sond S a t e rin any one i s oxidation states

8 nc cadmium and mercury oi group 12 have hall d" configuratio

sak as wel in heit ommon oxidation states and henoe

comsicered as transition metas

C.Position in the periodic table T

block of penad-
are present betueen tesand
p ian
T h e d-blocks iemanis

prelalicblackelemens the on

They act as a bridge bet heSh table

al jhe penodie
n he right e
h m o -metallic pblsck cigmen
t a n s i t i o n betueem etalic and
show
1 3 . ELECTRONC CONFGRTON
uradon s ( n - 1 d - n

T h e general alacton o ate

ston clen project to he perphery ofan
B. The d orbitals of the ane more
intluence-

sand jëe hey henae

thanthe other orbitalsofmolecules sin sanding them
s u r r o u n d i n g satoms similarities in their properties.
horizontal
show greater
C. They
1 . 4 . PHYSICAL P R O P E R T E S

elements (exoeption of Zn,

transition
the
A. Al metals and shou
properties
are
Cd and Hg tensile shength, ductility
Eke high and high themal
lustre
metaic
malleability,

and elacbical conductivity

points are high

a n d boiling
melting
Their due to the
B. melting
points is w

in volv
The high
ement ogreater number
number
C. of greater

addition to the ns
from (n-)}d in
(n-1)d
e l e c t r o n s

interatomic
interatomic
metallic
metall Alomie a m b r

in the
e l e c t r o n s

b o n d i n g
XTI-INORGANIC

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