Cambridge AS & A Level Chemistry
28.1General physical and chemical properties of the first row of transition elements, titanium to copper
General physical and chemical properties of the first row of transition elements, titanium to copper in Cambridge AS & A Level Chemistry: what the syllabus expects you to know, the learning objectives and how to practise.
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Learning objectives
What the syllabus expects you to be able to do.
- 28.1.1Define a transition element.
- 28.1.2Sketch the shapes of the 3dxy and 3dz² orbitals.
- 28.1.3State the characteristic properties: variable oxidation states, catalysis, complex ions and coloured compounds.
- 28.1.4Explain variable oxidation states by the similar energies of 3d and 4s.
- 28.1.5Explain catalytic behaviour by variable oxidation states and accessible vacant d orbitals.
- 28.1.6Explain complex formation by accessible vacant d orbitals.
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Transition elements: definition, electron configurations and general properties
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