Monatomic Ions
Transition Metal Ions
Rarely attain a noble gas configuration
Form more than one cation by losing all of their ns and
some of their (n-1)d electrons
For Period 4 transition metals, the 4s orbital is more
stable that the 3d orbitals; thus the rule “first in, first out” applies.
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