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Ch.12 - Solids and Solid-State Materials

Chapter 12, Problem 72

The melting points for the second-series transition elements increase from 1522 °C for yttrium to 2623 °C for molybdenum and then decrease to 321 °C for cadmium. Account for the trend using band theory.

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