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Offline deutdeut

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Complex problem
« on: February 21, 2007, 10:53:23 PM »
Why do the metal ions of s-block elements do not have vacant d-orbital, for example sodium ion?
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Re: Complex problem
« Reply #1 on: February 22, 2007, 12:31:13 AM »
The orbitals are always there; it's a matter of whether they're being occupied or not.
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