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15 statements · 7% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
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3 identifiers linking d-block across the web's reference databases
15 statements · 7% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
3 identifiers linking d-block across the web's reference databases
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A block of the periodic table is a set of elements unified by the atomic orbitals their valence electrons or vacancies lie in. The term seems to have been first used by Charles Janet. Each block is named after its characteristic orbital: s-block, p-block, d-block, f-block and g-block.