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Why zinc is not considered as transition element? Explain it
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A transition metal is one that form stable ions which have incompletely filled d orbitals. On basis of this, Zinc cannot be classified as a transition metal, as it has complete 3d orbital, although belongs to the d block.
Hence, even though Element Zinc is a part of d block it is not considered as a transition element.
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