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Question

During the formation of positive ions from transition metals, from which orbital are electrons removed FIRST?

Answer: C

💡 Solution & Explanation

Even though the $(n-1)d$ subshell is filled last according to the Aufbau principle, the electrons in the outermost principal shell ($ns$) are furthest from the nucleus and are always removed first during ionization.

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