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Transition metals have a high melting point due to the contribution of the 4s and 3d electrons to form the mobile charge cloud leading to a very strong metallic bonding which requires more energy to break thus high melting point. Due to the very close packing structure of transition metals where each atom has 12 nearest neigbours; small atomic size and hence high mass per unit volume and a high density.

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