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Is zinc a transition element?


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  1. Zinc: Zinc is an element that is studied under the d-block in the periodic table.
  2. Zinc should not be metal for transition because it has entirely occupied the d-orbital.
  3. The electronic configuration of zinc is 1s22s22p63s23p64s23d10.
  4. The transition metals were given the moniker because they were situated in the primary group of elements between Group 2A (now Group 2) and Group 3A. (now Group 13).
  5. General electronic configuration of transition metal is ns1-2np6(n-1)d1-10

Hence, zinc is not a transition element.


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