Transition Metals Essay

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1.INTRODUCTION:
1.1 Transition metals:-
The element having partially filled d or f sub shell with any common oxidation states are known as transition metal elements. Mostly d-block elements are known as transition elements. The f-block lanthanides and actinides are known as inner transition elements. They are surrounded by s & p-block elements. These are known as transition metals as they represents the transition i.e.the change from metallic character of s-block elements to non metallic character of p-block elements. The typical electronic structure of transition metal atoms can be written as []ns2(n-1)dm .
General properties:
High melting point metals.
Hard,strong,malleable,ductile and have high density.
Good conductors of heat and electricity.
Several oxidation states.
Usually form coloured compounds.
Often paramagnetics.

1.2 Transition metal oxides:-
Transition metal oxides are belongs to the class of material that contain transition element and oxygen. They contain insulator as well as metal are included under this category. Transition metal oxides have a useful application in a wide variety of technologically important catalytic processes. For example:- selective oxidation, reduction and dehydrogenation. A promising family of mixed transition metal oxides designated as AxB3-xO4(A,B=Co,Ni,Zn,Mn,Fe etc.) play significant role for low cost and environmentally friendly energy storage & conservation technology.

1.3 Perovskite structure:-

[Cubic perovskite unit cell. Blue spheres represent the A cations, yellow spheres represent the B cations, and red spheres represent oxygen anions forming an octahedra.]
Perovskite structure is any material having crystal structure of the form XIIA2+ VIB4+X2−3. Ge...

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...nductor materials that exhibit both ferromagnetism and useful semiconductor properties. when implemented in devices, these materials provides a new type of control of conduction. Traditiona electronics are based on control of charge carriers (n- or p-type), practical magnetic semiconductor allowes control of quantum spin state (up or down). This would theoretically provide near-total spin polarization

Aim of the project work:-
Here we have synthesized perovskite compound of the form LaXO3(X=Co,Ni,Fe,Cr) & La2XMnO6. The former one shows diamagnetic & insulating properties,where as the later one shows ferromagnetic & semiconductor properties at room temperature.as semiconductor material has wide range of application in thermistor,hall probe arrangement,photoelectronic devices,semiconductor devices and the ferromagnetic property will help in good conductivity.

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