The Transition Metal

The Transition Metals

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 biological magnetic behaviour
activity
colour

geometry

What’s so interesting about

transition metal compounds??

coordination
number medical
applications
oxidation states
 Why color?
If a chemical is colored, it must absorb light; the
color is the transmitted portion that is not absorbed.

To absorb light energy, the atom must have an

empty electronic orbital that is just a little higher in
energy than the filled orbitals.

The d-orbitals of transition elements generally meet

this requirement.
Oxidation States of the 1st Row Transition Metals
(most stable oxidation numbers are shown in red)
Ionization Energies for the 1st Row Transition Metals
Scandium Titanium Vanadium

Chromium Manganese Iron

Cobalt Nickel Copper

Atomic radii of the d-block elements