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PROPERTIES I
Transition metals have the following properties:   1) All are metals.
2) Most are harder, more brittle, have higher melting points and boiling points, and higher heats of vaporization than
non-transition metals  (group 1A, 2A).
3) Their ions and their cmpds are usually coloured. 4) They form many complex ions.
5) They exhibit multiple oxidation states
       Ti             Cr          Fe           Ni            Zn
Sc            V            Mn            Co           Cu