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May 14, 2015
Manganese is a transition metal, which means that it can use the electrons located in its d-subshell as valence electrons.
The number of valence electrons a transition metal can have depends on how many electrons it has located outside its noble gas core.
The noble gas shorthand configuration for manganese is
This implies that manganese can have as many as 7 valence electrons, 2 from its 4s-subshell and 5 from its 3d-subshell.
For transition metals, the electrons located in the