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Why zinc is not a transition element?

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Transition elements are characterized by partially filled (n-1) d subshells.
Zinc is not a transition element as it has completely filled 3d subshell.
The electronic configuration of zinc is $[A r] 3 d^{10} 4 s^{2}$ .

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