What are the charges of transition metals?

Question

The alkaline earth metals have a +2 charge. What kind of charges do transition metals have?

Answer 1

it depends on whether the outer orbital of the metal has 1 or 2 or 3 free spots. it requires knowing the electron configuration of the metal then the charge can be determined from that.

Answer 2

Many transition metals have more than one charge, as multiple charges are stable depending on the environment the metal is in. Early transition metals will lose all of their valence electrons to reach noble gas (or pseudo noble gas) configuration - e.g. Ti 4+, V 5+. Later transition metals have trouble losing that many electrons and will instead usually lose the s electrons and may or may not lose other d electrons to reach "comfortable" electron configurations, such as d5, d6, and d8. So, for elements like iron and cobalt, you will see both a +2 and a +3 ion, for nickel and zinc only the +2 is common, copper can form a +1 or a +2. Silver is almost always a +1, whereas gold prefers +1 or +3.

A lot has to do with ligand field theory and crystal field stabilization energies as to which ions are preferred for each metal, depending on the environment it is in.

Answer 3

The transition metals have positive charges, mostly +2 and +3 charges. For example, iron has +2 and +3 charges, and copper has +2 charge.
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Answer 4

transition metals can have a +2 or +3

Answer 5

Varies; look it up on periodic table. It depends on the electron configuration on the outer most shell.

Answer 6

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