Explanation The electron configuration of a transition metal cation is written by removing the electrons first from the orbital having the highest value of principal energy level ( n ) . This is different from the order that is followed while filling up of electrons in the orbitals. This can be explained by taking an example of a transition element vanadium ( V ) . The electron configuration of V is [ Ar ] 4 s 2 3 d 3 and that of corresponding metal cation will be [ Ar ] 4 s 0 3 d 3 . This shows that the order of removal of electrons is not the reverse of the order by which they get filled. The electrons are filled in accordance with the Aufbau scheme; that is, electrons are first filled in 4 s orbital and then in 3 d orbital. When the ionization of transition metal takes place, then the removal of electrons takes place from 4 s orbital before 3 d orbital. This behavior is due to the fact that n s and ( n − 1 ) d orbitals lie close in energy to each other

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To explain: The way to write an electron configuration for a transition metal cation and to give the reason if the order of removal of an electron when ionized is the reverse of electron addition upon filling.

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