please explain the inert pair effect in very much detail?
xavier , 8 Years ago
Grade 12th pass
2 Answers
Umakant biswal
Last Activity: 8 Years ago
The inert pair effect is the tendency of the electrons in the outermost atomic s orbital to remain unionized or unshared in compounds of post-transition metals.. or in simple words u can say its the tendency of the valence shell electron , not to participate in the bonding process . HOPE IT CLEARS ALL THE BEST