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A '''transition metal''' or '''transition element'''{{#tag:ref|IUPAC prefers the term "transition element",<ref name="RedBook/> but the term "transition metal" is more commonly used. As all the transition elements are also [[metal]]s, there is no risk of any ambiguity.|group="Note"}} is an [[Chemical element|element]] from any of groups&nbsp;3–12 of the [[periodic table]], that is the '''d&nbsp;block'''.<ref name="RedBook">{{RedBook2005|pages=51–52}}.</ref>
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A '''transition metal''' or '''transition element'''{{#tag:ref|IUPAC prefers the term "transition element",<ref name="RedBook"/> but the term "transition metal" is more commonly used. As all the transition elements are also [[metal]]s, there is no risk of any ambiguity.|group="Note"}} is an [[Chemical element|element]] from any of groups&nbsp;3–12 of the [[periodic table]], that is the '''d&nbsp;block'''.<ref name="RedBook">{{RedBook2005|pages=51–52}}.</ref>
  
 
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*{{citation | last = Jensen | first = William B. | year = 2003 | title = The Place of Zinc, Cadmium, and Mercury in the Periodic Table | journal = J. Chem. Educ. | volume = 80 | issue = 8 | pages = 952–61 | doi = 10.1021/ed080p952}}.
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*{{citation | title = Langmuir's theory of the arrangement of electrons in atoms and molecules | first = Charles R. | last = Bury | journal = J. Am. Chem. Soc. | volume = 43 | issue = 7 | pages = 1602–9 | year = 1921 | doi = 10.1021/ja01440a023}}.
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*{{citation | title = C. R. Bury, L. Vegard, and the electronic interpretation of the periodic table. A note | first = Mansel | last = Davies | journal = Arch. Hist. Exact Sci. | year = 1990 |
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volume = 41 | issue = 2 | pages = 185–87 | doi = 10.1007/BF00411865}}.
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*{{citation | title = C. R. Bury: His contributions to physical chemistry | first = Mansel | last = Davies | journal = J. Chem. Educ. | year = 1986 | volume = 63 | issue = 9 | page = 741 | doi = 10.1021/ed063p741}}.
  
 
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Latest revision as of 19:15, 25 December 2010

A transition metal or transition element[Note 1] is an element from any of groups 3–12 of the periodic table, that is the d block.[1]

Notes and references

Notes

  1. IUPAC prefers the term "transition element",[1] but the term "transition metal" is more commonly used. As all the transition elements are also metals, there is no risk of any ambiguity.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Nomenclature of Inorganic Chemistry; IUPAC Recommendations 2005; Royal Society of Chemistry: Cambridge, 2005; pp 51–52. ISBN 0-85404-438-8, <http://www.iupac.org/publications/books/rbook/Red_Book_2005.pdf>.

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