Chemistry 12th Edition

Published by McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 10: 0078021510
ISBN 13: 978-0-07802-151-0

Chapter 23 - Transition Metals Chemistry and Coordination Compounds - Questions & Problems - Page 1021: 23.2

Answer

Zinc is not a transition metal

Work Step by Step

A transition metal is an element that in its ground state or ion state has at least an empty sub-shell. Zinc has only one ion, being a 2+ ion. Both zinc's ion and ground state have a full sub-shell since zinc will lose it 4s electrons first.
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