transition metals

• properties of transition metals?

  lustrous

  hard

  strong

  good conductors of heat and electricity

  highly dense`

  high melting points
• what is unique about transition metals?

  they have more than 1 oxidation state

  • they can lose a different number of electrons depending on the chemical environment they are in
• what are transition metals used as?

  catalysts
• what process is iron used in?

  haber
• what is vanadium pentoxide used in?

  contact process, to produce sulfuric acid
• what is nickel used for?

  the hydrogenation of alkenes