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What is the reason behind the high melting points of transition metals?
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Greater involvement of (n-1)d electrons
The the high melting points of transition metals are attributed to the involvement of a greater number of electrons from (n-1)d in addition to the ns electrons in the interatomic metallic bonding.
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