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Which of the following is not a very hard metal?(a) Chromium(b) Molybdenum(c) Tungsten(d) ZincI got this question by my school principal while I was bunking the class.The query is from General Properties of the Transition Elements (D-Block) topic in section D and F-Block Elements of Chemistry – Class 12

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Correct choice is (d) Zinc

To explain: Greater the NUMBER of unpaired electrons, STRONGER is the bonding due to overlapping of unpaired electrons between different metal atoms. CR, MO and W have maximum unpaired d-electrons and are harder metals whereas Zn, Cd and Hg are not very HARD due to the absence of unpaired electrons.



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