What type of ions are formed by transition elements?

1 Answer
Jul 3, 2016

They form color(darkblue)"cations" (positively charged ion).

Explanation:

As you also have heard them as Transition metals , so the word metal also suggests that they have the tendency of loosing electrons thus gaining a positive (+ve) charge and becoming a cation.

But they have variable charges or oxidation numbers. FOR e.g

IRON has symbol Fe

IT has two types of cations .

Fe^(2+) & Fe^(3+)

And similar is the case with other transition elements color(RED)"(but it doesn't mean every element)."

So in the conclusion we can say they form cations and some of the transition elements have variable charges.