Transition elements show high melting points. Why? - Vidyadip

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Transition elements show high melting points. Why?

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The high melting points of transition metals are due to strong metallic bonds between the atoms of these elements This is because of involvements of a greater number of electrons in the interatomic metallic bonding from (n-1)d orbitals in addition to ns electrons in the interatomic molecular bonding.

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