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Grade 12th passInorganic Chemistry

How +2 state becomes more and more stable in the first half of the first row of transition element with increasing atomic number?

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10 Years agoGrade 12th pass
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Profile image of Shubhani Sharma
10 Years ago
This is due to inert pair effect which is the reluctance of electrons of s orbital to take part in bond formation So +2 oxidation become more stable with increasing atomic no. down the group.

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