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Grade 12Physical Chemistry

why transition elements show high value of enthalpy of atomization ?

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7 Years agoGrade 12
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7 Years ago
transition metals have high enthalpy of atomisation because they have unpaired electrons in their d orbital as a result of which its effective nuclear charge increases and hence enthalpy of atomisation increases.