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What is the basic difference between the electronic configurations of transition and inner-transition elements?

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Solution :GENERAL electronic CONFIGURATION of TRANSITION elements:
[Noble gas ]`(n-1)d^(1-10) ns^(1-2)`
General electronic configuration of inner-transition elements:
`(n-2)f^(1-14)(n-1) d^(0-1) ns^(0-2)`
Thus, in transition elements, last electron enters in (n-1) d- ORBITAL while in inner-transition elements, it enters in (n-2)f- orbital.


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