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    6. Transition metals

    🎯Learning outcomes After the lesson, learners should be able to: Introduction d-block elements: the elements of groups 3-12 in the periodic table, in which the electrons are progressively filled in the d orbitals of the penultimate shell (second last orbit).According to IUPAC, a transition element (or transition metal) is defined as: An element that has a partially…