The Transition Elements

Question 1

What are the transition elements?

Answer 1

Scandium.
Titanium.
Vanadium.
Iron.
Copper.
Zinc.
Platinum.
Gold.
Silver.
Iridium.
Meitnerium.
Nickel.
Cadmium.
Cobalt.
Chromium.
Yttrium.
Palladium.
Rutherfordium.
Osmium.
Tantalum.
Actinium.
Dubnium.

Question 2

What are the physical properties of the transition elements?

Answer 2

Good conductors of electricity and thermal energy.
They are hard and strong.
They have high densities.
They have high melting points (with the exception of mercury/Hg- which is a liquid at room temperature.