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The transition metals exhibit higher enthalpies of atomisation due to:

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their ability to show variable oxidation states

B

the presence of incompletely filled d-subshell

C

their ability to exist in the solid state with unpaired electrons

D

strong interatomic interaction arises because of having large number of unpaired electrons in their atoms

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