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Which of the following does not belong to 3d-series of transition elements? |
Titanium Iron Silver Vanadium |
Silver |
The answer is 3. Silver. Silver is not a transition element because it does not have a partially filled d-orbital. Transition elements are defined as elements that have a partially filled d-orbital in their ground state or in any of their common oxidation states. Silver has a completely filled d-orbital, so it is not a transition element. The other three elements, titanium, iron, and vanadium, all have partially filled d-orbitals, so they are all transition elements. Here is a table of the 3d-series of transition elements:
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