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Copper s regarded as transition element though it has copmpletely filled d-orbital. Give reason for it.
Copper has 3d10 configuration but it can lose one electron from this arrangement .Hence Cu2+ ion has 3d9 configuration .So according to the definition that transition metal cations have partially filled (n-1) d subshells Cu can be regarded as a transition metal .


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