What are interstitial compounds? Why are such compounds well known for

transition metals?

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Transition metals are large in size and contain lots of interstitial sites. Transition elements can trap atoms of other elements (that have small atomic size), such as H, C, N, in the interstitial sites of their crystal lattices. The resulting compounds are called interstitial compounds.

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What are the interstitial compounds? Why, arc such compounds well known for transition metals?

Many transition metals form interstitial compounds. The characteristics of these interstitial compounds are:

I) they have high melting points

II) they are very hard

III) they retain metallic conductivity

IV) they are chemically more reactive than the pure metals.

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