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golids:
whats a good explanation for why each series has 10 elements

rhcpfox1:

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The subsequent filling of the 'd' subshells.

Wouldn't that be all you needed to say?

Ahmad:
Transition elements have electrons in the d-orbitals. The d subshell contains 5 orbitals. By pauli's exclusion principle, each orbital holds upto 2 electrons. Therefore, 10 altogether. That is, per shell.

golids:

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The subsequent filling of the 'd' subshells.

Wouldn't that be all you needed to say?
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a vcaa report said due to the systematic filling of the d subshell, thought it was a bit to simple but would that be it, for a 1 mark q

maxleng:

--- Quote from: "Ahmad" ---Transition elements have electrons in the d-orbitals. The d subshell contains 5 orbitals. By pauli's exclusion principle, each orbital holds upto 2 electrons. Therefore, 10 altogether. That is, per shell.
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wolfgang pauli , what a mad name  :P

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