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In general, univalent ions of transition metals do not exist. Why?

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Most probably the ability of the transition metals to exhibit variable valency is generally attributed to the availability of more electrons in the (n1)d orbitals which are closer to the outermost ns orbital in energy levels. So that's why they don't have univalent ions.

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