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This powerpoint is purposefully made for A Level Chemstry using the most recent Cambridge syllabus.
It fully covers - 28.1 Transition Elements

Learning outcomes
Candidates should be able to:

1. define a transition element as a d-block element which forms one or more stable ions with incomplete d orbitals

2. sketch the shape of a 3dxy orbital and 3dz² orbital

3. understand that transition elements have the following properties:
   (a) they have variable oxidation states
   (b) they behave as catalysts
   © they form complex ions
   (d) they form coloured compounds

4. explain why transition elements have variable oxidation states in terms of the similarity in energy of the 3d and the 4s sub-shells

5. explain why transition elements behave as catalysts in terms of having more than one stable oxidation state, and vacant d orbitals that are energetically accessible and can form dative bonds with ligands

6. explain why transition elements form complex ions in terms of vacant d orbitals that are energetically accessible