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Transition elements have high melting points. Why ?

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Transition elements have high melting points because of involvement of greater number of electrons from (n - 1)d iri addition to ns electrons in the interatomic metallic bonding of these metals.
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  11. Cu^(+2) forms halides like CuF(2), CuCl(2) and CuBr(2) but not CuI(2)....

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  14. Why Zn^(2+) is diamagnetic whereas Mn^(2+) is paramagnetic ?

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