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Remember that alphabet of maple treats I posted earlier this year? I have a new "V": maple vodka from Vermont.
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"We're the only ones I'm aware of in the world who do this," the company's distiller, Harry Gorman, told me. "Others are using maple as an additive or flavoring, but we're actually making alcohol from it."
A builder by trade, Gorman met the company's founder, Duncan Holaday, while building a house for him. Gorman mentioned that he'd been experimenting with making his own beer, wine and cider for decades, and Holaday eventually recruited him as a distiller.
Vermont Spirits has existed since 1998, but this is the first year it has been able to offer tastings to the public at events like the craft festival where I encountered it. (Before a 2009 change in Vermont legislation, distillers could only sell bottles in liquor stores, with no sampling.) Now that word is spreading and business is picking up, the micro-distillery plans to move into a larger, better-located facility next year and start offering tours.
"People go around looking for a gift, and maybe they're used to buying maple syrup and other things made in Vermont, but they're usually surprised to see this," Gorman said.
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"Maple is a very expensive source of sugar for fermentation—potatoes or beets would be much cheaper. But Vermont doesn't grow as many potatoes or beets as it does maple trees," Gorman explained. "Plus, it just makes an extraordinarily good vodka."
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"At that stage it's about 9 percent alcohol, so we call it a beer, although it's not a particularly good one," he said. The first distillation stage separates the heart (ethanol) from the heads (other compounds) of this "beer," and the heart continues into a "fractionating-column still" for evaporation. The third and final distillation refines any remaining compounds (tails) out of the alcohol. You can see the process in this photo gallery on VPR's website.
"I think one of the big secrets to distilling good vodka is making absolutely certain than you've made a clean cut between the heads and the heart, because heads really make the flavor go bad," Gorman said. "After making that cut you've got 192-proof pure spirits, 96 percent alcohol, which is as pure as you can distill."
After adding distilled spring water to dial the alcohol down to 80 proof, he runs the vodka briefly through a charcoal filter "to take the sharp edges off, but ensure that we're not removing the flavor," and then it's ready for bottling. Vermont Spirits produced about 30,000 bottles this year, which retail for $40 and up.
Technically, there's no maple in Vermont Gold, just alcohol—but the taste somehow lingers through the distillation process, giving the vodka a very subtle sweetness and hints of buttery caramel.
"People have often said that good vodka has no flavor; it's supposed to be a clear, neutral spirit for mixing," Gorman acknowledged. "But making it from these sources produces vodkas with a very different character. The Gold has such a unique flavor that I would only have it neat, personally. I use a lemon twist and that's it."
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When I ordered the Lyen controller, I forgot to get the three speed switch option so I'm going to have to get inside and install one with instructions from Edward Lyen. Then figure out what percentage of power to each position of the switch. I'm thinking 100% power on 2 and 3 and position one would get whatever gets me below 33 km/h. If I see cops, I flick the thumb switch and I'm legal. Once their gone, I flick again and bye bye
I would love for my scooter to be like this, but the cost of doing it would probably be close to buying that scooter.
mistercrash wrote:I read in here that someone had great success in bringing his hub motor temp way down just by sealing the end caps, drilling a small hole in one of the end caps near the axle and putting ATF inside the motor. I am thinking of doing the same thing to help cool down the motor better than just with air. This might help run this motor even with 72V.
mistercrash wrote: I don't know about any shunt for my CA as I have the direct plug in model. The speed limit option of the CA, I read a bit about it in the instruction book but I'm not sure exactly how it works. I suspect that you have to access the setting and then change the values to reduce the speed and set it. I don't see how this can help when you want to quickly reduce your top speed on the fly. With the thumb switch, I flick it and it's done, the top speed is reduced to whatever I set it to in the controller. With the CA, from what I understand about it, I have to start pushing buttons many times to reset the top speed. If I figured this out correctly, it's not very convenient to do while riding.
mistercrash wrote:The CA shows me that when riding I consistently use around 38 Wh/Km. I always am at WOT. So I figured I could have a range of 55 km with a 72V 30Ah battery.
mistercrash wrote:I don't have a way of measuring temp from inside the motor but the big difference in the end caps temperature shows that the oil is doing its job of transferring heat from the windings to the caps. What convinced me to try it was reports from people who did test this with temp probes inside their motors and reported significant temperature drops. I haven't found a negative report on this yet but maybe I didn't search hard enough
mistercrash wrote:Yes my CA is direct plug in and I did have to enter the wheel's circumference in the settings.
mistercrash wrote:I don't know what to think about that 38Wh/Km I got that day, maybe it's because I am pulling a lot of amps through that 500 watt motor in order to have a decent acceleration and climbing ability. Also I remember that day I was riding to test the new controller and I spent a bit of time going up the steepest hills of Guelph. I went up Grove street a few times, from the data I got from Google altitude finder to find the elevation from the bottom to the top of the hill (87 feet) and Mapquest to find the total distance from the bottom to the top (164 feet), I calculated the slope to be 27.9°.
mistercrash wrote:With a 1500watt motor like yours, I would think that it would make that number go down but it would make the scooter illegal. In Guelph, I have to watch out for that.
mistercrash wrote:If I do go up in voltage in the future, might as well upgrade the motor and just license and register the scooter as a LSM. But I would loose my place in the bike lane which is very convenient lots of times.
mistercrash wrote: Since I go up so many hills all the time, maybe that is why I use so many Wh/Km. With a 1500watt motor like yours, I would think that it would make that number go down but it would make the scooter illegal. In Guelph, I have to watch out for that. If I do go up in voltage in the future, might as well upgrade the motor and just license and register the scooter as a LSM. But I would loose my place in the bike lane which is very convenient lots of times.
bcwrench wrote:Did you enter that value in the controller software as well? The only way the controller has of knowing what the road speed is if it knows the circumference. Without this parameter I would think the controller just cuts power across the board.
bcwrench wrote:Yikes!!! Using the figures above gives a 53% grade. There is no a road vehicle in existence that can climb that without a good long high speed run at it and huge HP. In general most roads do not go over 22% max. We have a hill here that is 26% and my scoot will NOT go up it. I can barely walk up it.
If the length were 1164' that would work out at 7.5% which is more in line. Unfortunately most scooters get to a crawl when they get close to 10% and for many the pedals come into play.
mistercrash wrote:With a 1500watt motor like yours, I would think that it would make that number go down but it would make the scooter illegal. In Guelph, I have to watch out for that.
bcwrench wrote:Isn't pumping more power throught stock one doing the same thing?
mistercrash wrote:I have the stock 500 watt motor and a battery that is "around" 48V. Not my fault if it goes up tp 57V when fresh off the charger And it's hard for them to check how much power the controller is sending to the motor. As far as I'm concerned, I'm legal Except for the locked pedals.
Arlo1 wrote:The last time I checked it was legal based on the motors "continious rating" so you might be able to push 10x that through the motor for a ride.... But keep that on the DL
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The hate isn´t aimed at him. It is aimed at the culture that teaches kids like Trayvon that there are no consequences for thuggish behavior. It is also aimed at a media that wants to make everything about race, when the reality is that almost nothing is about race.
I wasn´t aware that St. Trayvon is 11 years old, but there´s his picture.Sans halo, of course. The press wouldn´t go that far.
And the W-P continues to use the ´innocent looking little boy´ photo. Nice touch.The request for a delay in the trial of zimmerman is related to the fact that the obese nifong-like angela corey is not providing evidence, as required by discovery rules. Zimmerman´s attorneys have a right to all evidence available to the prosecution, prior to going to trial. And it takes time to verify the evidence.
Were it not for the "media", people like Capehart would not be able to get jobs and would therefore become community organizers, decidedly a non-job.
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I don´t hate Trayvon at all. I feel sorry for the poor kid. He bought into the gangsta style.
Liberals classify anything that resists their agenda as "hate". You can´t just disagree with a liberal, you must hate them. Notice not "hate their agenda but hate them personally. It´s vastly over the top hyperbole but they are going for the emotional win so they make insane claims to reach their goals. The compliant MSM echoes the sentiment and it become propaganda.The evidence shows that Trevon Martin was a stranger walking in an area that had problems with break-ins. He was noticed by Zimmerman, a resident, and reported to police. Somehow, a confrontation ensued. Apparently, Martin was angry enough to begin pummeling Zimmerman severely. Zimmerman lacked any wounds showing he was aggressive (scraped knuckles) and Martin showed little damage from the altercation besides the gun wound. Zimmerman, in fear of his life from an aggressive assailant, shot him in self defense.There is evidence missing to completely support this narrative but none to contradict it.Liberals don´t want this to become yet another over reaction story and a re desperately spinning it but it was a vast over reaction to a tragic situation.Hate Trevon Martin? We barely know who he is. He was clearly angry in this confrontation. If he had controlled his temper the outcome would have been very different. The police would have arrived sorted it all out and everyone would have gone on their way. Too bad he didn´t control his temper.
What´s with the racist picture? can´t they find a baby picture of him?
Trayvon was acting suspiciously in an area that had recently, and repeatedly, fallen victim to criminals matching his discretion.Trayvon had a violent past and was known to use drugs.Trayvon stalked and attacked a voluneer neighboorhood watchman, stating he intended to kill Zimmerman, and beating him on the concrete sidewalk.But for Zimmerman having a pistol, he´d be a dead man.But for racist media and the racist president, Zimmerman would be celebrated as a hero.
Where is ´anonymous´ conservative hacker to insert the young man´s most current FB pix when the activist media ply their trade? So sick of being run over with lies.
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Another crisis needed - let´s gin up a race war.
Besides the media-driven images of an angelic little 11-year old riding ponies, other reports emerged describing Martin in his teens who was increasingly adversarial and had a history of sucker punching complete strangers.That M.O. of Martin explains a lot of what Zimmerman may have encountered that rainy night.BTW, Martin innocently buying skittles and Arizona iced tea prior to the incident may be only part of the story. Those are key ingredients to a fad hip-hop urban concoction known as ´purple drank´, ´sizzrup´ or ´lean´. Mixed with cough syrup containing promethazine or codeine makes a highly addictive depressant.
Capeheart can´t get it through his programmed head that this is not about hating Trayvon Martin.He needs to take a good long look at ambulance-chasing lawyer Crump who turned this case into a public relations campaign, with Ryan Julison and the help of ABC newser Matt Guttman, on the way to another big fat personal injury check for the Martin family and a nice big fat check to Crump and his law firm.Capeheart is looking in the wrong places. But that´s what Capeheart does.The reason for his emergence with this story is that there is a hearing in the case today.
Google Jonathan Capehart and it becomes instantly clear why "Saint Treyvon" is being propagandized again.
Capehart, he wasn´t shot because he was ´a real suspicious guy.´ He was shot because he was trying to split Zimmerman´s head open on the sidewalk. You can try and live in a magical world where bad ´journalists´ create reality, but in the real world punk ´gangstas´ who attack armed people sometimes get shot. Figure it out you propagandist.
Hey Jonathan: How about publishing a picture of Trayvon as he appeared at the time of his death, instead of when he was a youth? Also, how about publishing some background on his run-ins with the law?What? It doesn´t fit the narrative? I see.....
Yes, I admit it. I must be a racist.I hate all black criminals and thugs.I hate all white (and Asian, American Indian, Latino, etc.) crominals and thugs just as much, too.It´s just that because there are so many more black criminals and thugs than non-blacks, that it becomes noticeable.


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And so I was right About the time when people said that the GTX580 was coming out, I jokingly predicted that its going to be a GTX480 done right. And it was. Should have named it GTX485 rather than GTX580.
you're late xd in this review 86c under crysis load? that's high, linus tech tips of ncix on youtube he had a open test bench and the core only went up to 69 with 54% fan offcourse you have better temps on a open test bench but that difference is pretty big but still great review love the overvolt part, and damn it's fast
I quite agree, it definitely should deserve the GTX 485 name, because it's not a new architecture, just an improved Fermi, with a way better cooler. Nevertheless, the card is still a good buy. It would make a decent upgrade from my GTX 285 for example. Of course, we now all want to see how the AMD response to this performs. Oh and next time W!zzy tells me he don't have none for review, I'm gonna take that with that large pinch of salt.
open bench outside in iceland will be even cooler but what does it tell the user what temps to expect? thats the point of a review isnt it? for ncix it's to sell product congrats. you are the first person to EVER complain about that. i've had people complain about pretty much everything else, except for vantage. vantage is gay, wont use. maybe 3dmark 11 is better as mentioned before, nvidia's response to the feedback in that thread was that they tried to get me a board on the weekend and managed to achieve the impossible!
Colour me blind, but the noise graphs don't have the data for the HD6870 or HD6850. Not that I need to see them there - I know from the one I have that it's loud.
GTX 580 is the current fastest single gpu card as of now, and HD 6970 is not yet released... This is a serious battle for the fastest single gpu card...
damn man seriously, its not even 15% faster, damn man the naming for these cards is getting really screwed up, wtf amd and nvidia at least it uses less power
In Crysis it reached 86°C, and if overclocked with voltage tuning it started to throttle at 97°C. So much for being sooo much better. Oh and it still doesnt beat the 5970, but costs more. Am really wondering what the new AMD 6950/70 will bring to the table.
digging this. got to love the voltage with power consumption graphs... the card looks good, quieter, faster, and yet uses less power, and should still manage to heat up a small room. perfect timing as its really getting cold here in NY _____________________________ Antec1200 filter project
Lol! This card shouldve been released last year! XD Lets see what 6970 would bring, if its better than 5970, and priced correctly, its definitely something to look forward to!


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Yet another "standard" that no-one wants or needs that just adds cost. Besides, is it even available outside of Japan? Oh, and it's barely faster than USB 2.0, so it's hardly a Jet...
What? It's too hard to take the memory card out and stick in a card reader? And Bluetooth, you must be having a laugh, that's way too slow for transferring pictures from a modern camera.
It´s not really handy to get the memory card out and back in after each photo taken, just to view it on a high res screen... This type of product targets studio photography.
This would be great if the speed and price was right, when I'm taking photo's for football games and NCAA Wrestling this would be very handy to send to the laptop and then upload to the web so people can see it. I would rather see this in the SanDisk UHS-1 cards.
Why remove the SD card don't most come with a usb cable ? Why would anyone remove it after each pic anyways... You must such at taking pics if you have to check each one right after XD
You guys are aware that most, if not all DSLRs have software that allows you do this over USB, in fact, you can even take the pictures with the software and a copy is automagically downloaded to the computer connected to the camera. Considering this still requires a special "reader" you still end up with a device connected over USB, as this is like RFID, i.e. near touch.
if you can automate it to do it when its nearby charging (which will be faster than a PC's USB ports) its more convenient. doesnt mean i'll ever use it myself, but i still see uses for it.


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If you're ever looking for a face to epitomize injustice in Texas and the United States, Cole's image will be the one staring back at you.For those who refuse to believe that an innocent person could be convicted in a country founded on equal protection under the law, just consider the case of a young Texas Tech student from Fort Worth who was charged, tried, found guilty and sent to prison for a crime he did not commit.But, as a documentary series premiering Tuesday on BET (Black Entertainment Television) shows, Cole is just one of many in this country who have been victims of a terribly flawed criminal "justice" system based on bad policing, over-zealous prosecution and, yes, racism.Two years ago a crew from the network came to North Central Texas to record the stories of Cole and Joyce Ann Brown of Dallas as part of a "docu-series" about people who have been exonerated after spending way too many years in prison.Of course, in Texas (which has the largest number of DNA exonerations in the country) a series on this subject could last longer than the popular television primetime soap opera Dallas, starring the late Larry Hagman.Titled VINDICATED and hosted by acclaimed actor Morris Chestnut, the BET series is 11 compelling episodes which, according to network news releases, "explores the highs and the lows of various men and women as they attempt to rejoin society, rebuild family relationships and regain their trust in the justice system that undeniably failed them."Unfortunately for Tim Cole, he would not get the chance to rejoin or rebuild anything. He died in prison of an asthma attack after having served 13 years of a 25-year sentence for aggravated sexual assault.Cole first enrolled at Texas Tech hoping to become a "walk-on" to the school's basketball team. He left after two years, spent a couple of years in the Army and returned when his brother, Reginald Kennard, registered in 1985.That year there was a series of rapes near the university. Cole was arrested and charged with allegedly abducting Michele Murray (now Mallin), a sophomore from Baytown. She was driven to a remote area, raped and robbed of $2, a Timex watch and a small diamond ring.It was about eight years after Cole's death that a prisoner wrote to him - the letter came to his mother's Fort Worth home -- stating that he was the one who committed the crime. Jerry Wayne Johnson, who had been in the Lubbock jail at the same time Cole was being held there, said he had been trying since 1995 to tell Lubbock authorities that Cole was innocent.The district attorney's office in Lubbock resisted DNA testing for a long time, but eventually relented. The test proved that Johnson was, in fact, the guilty man.In 2009 District Judge Charles Baird exonerated Cole, making him the first person in Texas to be vindicated posthumously."Timothy Cole suffered the greatest miscarriage of justice imaginable in our criminal justice system," Baird said. "I've been doing this for almost 30 years and this is the saddest case I've seen."Mallin has visited Cole's family and apologized for the mistake she made in identifying him as her attacker. His mother, Ruby Session, forgave the woman, telling her, "You are a victim [of the system] just like my son was."Since then, legislation to aid exonerees has been passed bearing Cole's name, Gov. Rick Perry came to Fort Worth to officially pardon him, and a historical marker has been placed at his gravesite in Mount Olivet Cemetery.The family continues to work on criminal justice legislation, and they keep reminding people of Cole's ordeal and his legacy.BET kicks off its VINDICATED series with the first of a two-part story on Cole at 9:30 p.m. Tuesday. The program will air at 9 p.m. each Tuesday after that through Jan. 22.Bob Ray Sanders' column appears Sundays and Wednesdays.817-390-7775Twitter: @BobRaySandersHave more to add? News tip? Tell us


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In chemistry, the term transition metal (or transition element) has two possible meanings:
- The IUPAC definition[1] defines a transition metal as "an element whose atom has an incomplete d sub-shell, or which can give rise to cations with an incomplete d sub-shell".
- Most scientists describe a "transition metal" as any element in the d-block of the periodic table (all are metals), which includes groups 3 to 12 on the periodic table.[citation needed] In actual practice, the f-block lanthanide and actinide series are also considered transition metals and are called "inner transition metals".
Jensen[2] reviews the history of the terms "transition element" (or "metal") and "d-block". The word transition was first used to describe the elements now known as the d-block by the English chemist Charles Bury in 1921, who referred to a transition series of elements during the change of an inner layer of electrons (for example n=3 in the 4th row of the periodic table) from a stable group of 8 to one of 18, or from 18 to 32.[3]
In the d-block the atoms of the elements have between 1 and 10 d electrons.
Group | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
Period 4 | Sc 21 | Ti 22 | V 23 | Cr 24 | Mn 25 | Fe 26 | Co 27 | Ni 28 | Cu 29 | Zn 30 |
Period 5 | Y 39 | Zr 40 | Nb 41 | Mo 42 | Tc 43 | Ru 44 | Rh 45 | Pd 46 | Ag 47 | Cd 48 |
Period 6 | * 57–71 | Hf 72 | Ta 73 | W 74 | Re 75 | Os 76 | Ir 77 | Pt 78 | Au 79 | Hg 80 |
Period 7 | ** 89–103 | Rf 104 | Db 105 | Sg 106 | Bh 107 | Hs 108 | Mt 109 | Ds 110 | Rg 111 | Cn 112 |
The typical electronic structure of transition metal atoms can be written as [ ]ns2(n-1)dm, where the inner d orbital has more energy than the valence-shell s orbital. In divalent and trivalent ions of the transition metals, the situation is reversed such that the s electrons have higher energy. Consequently, an ion such as Fe2+
has no s electrons: it has the electronic configuration [Ar]3d6 as compared with the configuration of the atom, [Ar]4s23d6.
The elements of groups 3–12 are now generally recognized as transition metals, although the elements La-Lu and Ac-Lr and Group 12 attract different definitions from different authors.
- Many chemistry textbooks and printed periodic tables classify La and Ac as Group 3 elements and transition metals, since their atomic ground-state configurations are s2d1 like Sc and Y. The elements Ce-Lu are considered as the "lanthanide" series (or "lanthanoid" according to IUPAC) and Th-Lr as the "actinide" series.[4][5] The two series together are classified as f-block elements, or (in older sources) as "inner transition elements".
- Some inorganic chemistry textbooks include La with the lanthanides and Ac with the actinides.[6][7][8] This classification is based on similarities in chemical behaviour, and defines 15 elements in each of the two series even though they correspond to the filling of an f subshell which can only contain 14 electrons.
- A third classification defines the f-block elements as La-Yb and Ac-No, while placing Lu and Lr in Group 3.[2] This is based on the aufbau principle (or Madelung rule) for filling electron subshells, in which 4f is filled before 5d (and 5f before 6d), so that the f subshell is actually full at Yb (and No) while Lu (and Lr) has an [ ]s2f14d1 configuration. However La and Ac are exceptions to the Aufbau principle with electron configuration [ ]s2d1 (not [ ]s2f1 as the aufbau principle predicts) so it is not clear from atomic electron configurations whether La or Lu (Ac or Lr) should be considered as transition metals. Eric Scerri has proposed placing Lu and Lr in group 3 on the grounds of continuous sequences of atomic numbers in an expanded or long-form periodic table.[9]
Zinc, cadmium, and mercury are sometimes excluded from the transition metals[2] as they have the electronic configuration [ ]d10s2, with no incomplete d shell.[10] In the oxidation state +2 the ions have the electronic configuration [ ] d10. However, these elements can exist in many other oxidation states, including the +1 oxidation state, as in the diatomic ion Hg2+
2. The group 12 elements Zn, Cd and Hg may be classed as post-transition metals in this case, because of the formation of a covalent bond between the two atoms of the dimer. However, it is often convenient to include these elements in a discussion of the transition elements. For example, when discussing the crystal field stabilization energy of first-row transition elements, it is convenient to also include the elements calcium and zinc, as both Ca2+
and Zn2+
have a value of zero against which the value for other transition metal ions may be compared. Another example occurs in the Irving-Williams series of stability constants of complexes.
The recent synthesis of mercury(IV) fluoride (HgF
4) reinforces that these elements should be considered a transition metal,[11] but some authors still consider this compound to be exceptional.[12]
Characteristic properties[edit]
There are a number of properties shared by the transition elements that are not found in other elements, which results from the partially filled d shell. These include
- the formation of compounds whose colour is due to d–d electronic transitions
- the formation of compounds in many oxidation states, due to the relatively low reactivity of unpaired d electrons.[13]
- the formation of many paramagnetic compounds due to the presence of unpaired d electrons. A few compounds of main group elements are also paramagnetic (e.g. nitric oxide, oxygen)
Coloured compounds[edit]
Colour in transition-series metal compounds is generally due to electronic transitions of two principal types.
- charge transfer transitions. An electron may jump from a predominantly ligand orbital to a predominantly metal orbital, giving rise to a ligand-to-metal charge-transfer (LMCT) transition. These can most easily occur when the metal is in a high oxidation state. For example, the colour of chromate, dichromate and permanganate ions is due to LMCT transitions. Another example is that mercuric iodide, HgI2, is red because of a LMCT transition.
A metal-to ligand charge transfer (MLCT) transition will be most likely when the metal is in a low oxidation state and the ligand is easily reduced.
- d-d transitions. An electron jumps from one d-orbital to another. In complexes of the transition metals the d orbitals do not all have the same energy. The pattern of splitting of the d orbitals can be calculated using crystal field theory. The extent of the splitting depends on the particular metal, its oxidation state and the nature of the ligands. The actual energy levels are shown on Tanabe-Sugano diagrams.
In centrosymmetric complexes, such as octahedral complexes, d-d transitions are forbidden by the Laporte rule and only occur because of vibronic coupling in which a molecular vibration occurs together with a d-d transition. Tetrahedral complexes have somewhat more intense colour because mixing d and p orbitals is possible when there is no centre of symmetry, so transitions are not pure d-d transitions. The molar absorptivity (ε) of bands caused by d-d transitions are relatively low, roughly in the range 5-500 M−1cm−1 (where M = mol dm−3).[14] Some d-d transitions are spin forbidden. An example occurs in octahedral, high-spin complexes of manganese(II), which has a d5 configuration in which all five electron has parallel spins; the colour of such complexes is much weaker than in complexes with spin-allowed transitions. In fact many compounds of manganese(II) appear almost colourless. The spectrum of [Mn(H
shows a maximum molar absorptivity of about 0.04 M−1cm−1 in the visible spectrum.
Oxidation states[edit]
A characteristic of transition metals is that they exhibit two or more oxidation states, usually differing by one. For example, compounds of vanadium are known in all oxidation states between −1, such as [V(CO)
, and +5, such as VO3−
Main group elements in groups 13 to 17 also exhibit multiple oxidation states. The "common" oxidation states of these elements typically differ by two. For example, compounds of gallium in oxidation states +1 and +3 exist in which there is a single gallium atom. No compound of Ga(II) is known: any such compound would have an unpaired electron and would behave as a free radical and be destroyed rapidly. The only compounds in which gallium has a formal oxidation state of +2 are dimeric compounds, such as [Ga
, which contain a Ga-Ga bond formed from the unpaired electron on each Ga atom.[15] Thus the main difference in oxidation states, between transition elements and other elements is that oxidation states are known in which there is a single atom of the element and one or more unpaired electrons.
The maximum oxidation state in the first row transition metals is equal to the number of valence electrons from titanium (+4) up to manganese (+7), but decreases in the later elements. In the second and third rows the maximum occurs with ruthenium and osmium (+8). In compounds such as [MnO
and OsO
4 the elements achieve a stable octet by forming four covalent bonds.
The lowest oxidation states are exhibited in metal carbonyl complexes such as Cr(CO)
6 (oxidation state zero) and [Fe(CO)
(oxidation state −2) in which the 18-electron rule is obeyed. These complexes are also covalent.
Ionic compounds are mostly formed with oxidation states +2 and +3. In aqueous solution the ions are hydrated by (usually) six water molecules arranged octahedrally.
Transition metal compounds are paramagnetic when they have one or more unpaired d electrons.[16] In octahedral complexes with between four and seven d electrons both high spin and low spin states are possible. Tetrahedral transition metal complexes such as [FeCl
are high spin because the crystal field splitting is small so that the energy to be gained by virtue of the electrons being in lower energy orbitals is always less than the energy needed to pair up the spins. Some compounds are diamagnetic. These include octahedral, low-spin, d6 and square-planar d8 complexes. In these cases, crystal field splitting is such that all the electrons are paired up.
Ferromagnetism occurs when individual atoms are paramagnetic and the spin vectors are aligned parallel to each other in a crystalline material. Metallic iron and the alloy alnico are examples of ferromagnetic materials involving transition metals. Anti-ferromagnetism is another example of a magnetic property arising from a particular alignment of individual spins in the solid state.
Catalytic properties[edit]
The transition metals and their compounds are known for their homogeneous and heterogeneous catalytic activity. This activity is ascribed to their ability to adopt multiple oxidation states and to form complexes. Vanadium(V) oxide (in the contact process), finely divided iron (in the Haber process), and nickel (in catalytic hydrogenation) are some of the examples. Catalysts at a solid surface (nanomaterial-based catalysts) involve the formation of bonds between reactant molecules and atoms of the surface of the catalyst (first row transition metals utilize 3d and 4s electrons for bonding). This has the effect of increasing the concentration of the reactants at the catalyst surface and also weakening of the bonds in the reacting molecules (the activation energy is lowered). Also because the transition metal ions can change their oxidation states, they become more effective as catalysts.
Other properties[edit]
As implied by the name, all transition metals are metals and conductors of electricity.
In general, transition metals possess a high density and high melting points and boiling points. These properties are due to metallic bonding by delocalized d electrons, leading to cohesion which increases with the number of shared electrons. However the group 12 metals have much lower melting and boiling points since their full d subshells prevent d–d bonding. In fact mercury has a melting point of −38.83 °C (−37.89 °F) and is a liquid at room temperature.
Many transition metals can be bound to a variety of ligands.[17]
See also[edit]
- Inner transition element, a name given to any member of the f-block
- Main group element, an element other than a transition metal.
- Ligand field theory a development of crystal field theory taking covalency into account.
- Crystal field theory a model that describes the breaking of degeneracies of electronic orbital states.
- Poor metal or Post-transition metal, a metallic element to the right of the transition metals in the periodic table.
- ^ IUPAC, Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book") (1997). Online corrected version: (2006–) "transition element".
- ^ a b c Jensen, William B. (2003). "The Place of Zinc, Cadmium, and Mercury in the Periodic Table". Journal of Chemical Education 80 (8): 952–961. Bibcode:2003JChEd..80..952J. doi:10.1021/ed080p952.
- ^ Bury, C. R. (1921). "Langmuir's theory of the arrangement of electrons in atoms and molecules". J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 43 (7): 1602–1609. doi:10.1021/ja01440a023.
- ^ Petrucci, R. H. et al. (2002), "General Chemistry", 8th edn, Prentice-Hall, pp. 49–50, 951
- ^ Miessler, G. L. and Tarr, D. A. (1999) "Inorganic Chemistry", 2nd edn, Prentice-Hall, p. 16
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February 6, 2013 - 1:18pm | by Mary QuickeFebruary has a reputation for being wet and gloomy. I long for it not be that way, and grasp at the lighter mornings and evenings. The sun does more than scrape itself off the horizon. The morning chorus of songbirds kicked off earlier in the season than I remember. I know it's birds defending territory, but it is a gorgeous start to the day as first one bird, then others join in till you get a swelling joyful sound.
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January 3, 2013 - 10:11am | by Mary QuickeThe days slowly lengthen, the sun creeps a little higher at noon and wider at dawn and dusk. The dark mornings have me slow to wake, the dark evenings tricksy - is it six or midnight? I drove my car one dark evening along a lane, came to water over the road. In the dark I didn't see how far the water was from the stream, and drove on. The water was over the headlights and I could see a flooded car and tractor beside the road - can't stop or the car will take in water. I made it to the humpback bridge, which is covered in water, can't turn round, maybe I'll make it across the next low bit of road. I set off, lights go under water, the car sighs to a halt. There is silence, then I hear the gurgling of water coming in through the doors. The windows don't work. Will I be able to get out? I open the door, water pours in almost to the top on the seat. I scramble into the boot to put my wellies on, get everything I can think of onto the roof, and climb onto it myself.
Mary's Dairy Diary: December 2012
December 5, 2012 - 12:32pm | by Mary QuickeThe dark time of year, dark mornings, night comes so early. When we have sun it seems very special, and with a thick enough coat and hat is a magical time, precious brightness, low light highlighting every bare twig and blade of grass. The earth feels like it is ruminating, digesting last year, brewing next year. The undergrowth disappears, leaving everyone's tracks clearer. Tom & I were in the garden one late afternoon, and about 20 wild boar solemnly trooped by on the other side of the stream, a couple of sows, a few gilts, but mainly this year's piglets. Boar, like the farmed pigs they are so closely related to, have large families. Tasty, but scary when you get too close. When we said we wanted more room for wildlife on farms, I'm not sure we meant this: be careful what you wish for, you will get it.
Mary's Dairy Diary November 2012
November 2, 2012 - 2:30pm | by Mary QuickeLeaves whirl off the trees, darkness comes early, the briefly lighter mornings darken too. The sun rises closer to the south, and at noon gets lower every day. A walk through the woods is a walk through lots of leaves, before they start breaking down to leaf litter. The last of the apples come off the trees, a rich cider smell rises, reproaching us for the apples we didn't pick. I saw a robin, bold and curious, with that intensely sweet song, sitting on the wall in a watery gleam of sun, king in his own territory, now the noisy summer visitors have gone. The fallow deer finish their rut, that disembodied roaring, a challenge to other bucks, and I guess alluring to the comfortable groups of does waiting the outcome with complacency.
Mary's Dairy Diary October 2012
October 4, 2012 - 11:30am | by Mary QuickeI pretend it's not happening until autumn is right on top of us. The unstoppable, overwhelming green tide of growth turns round and meekly disappears into the ground. We get a fiery display as the leaves drain of green, going out in a blaze of glory. Let's hope for more of the glowing light of September to give October that incandescent quality. The wet, cold summer gave extraordinary growth to cool country plants, and things that need warmth suffered. Less insects - the cows never got besieged with flies - meant all those insect-eating birds did not thrive. A friend said most of her first hatch of swallows died, the second hatch stayed late, hoping to fatten up on early autumn flies. They've gone now, and the skies are quiet. The difficult summer for insects seems to have made the wild boar niggly; so many slugs to eat would make anyone grumpy. A neighbour phoned, concerned that the wild boar were chasing the fallow deer.


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3 medium russet potatoes, peeled
1 prepared piecrust
1 Tbsp vegetable oil
1 small onion, chopped
4 eggs
3/4 cup milk
1 1/2 cup shredded Cheddar cheese
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
1/2 tsp dry mustard
paprika for dusting
Preheat oven to 375°F. Chop potatoes. Place potatoes in a medium saucepan; add enough water to cover. Boil potatoes until tender, about 10 minutes. Drain.
Meanwhile, prick piecrust all over with a fork. Bake until set, about 7 minutes.
Heat oil in a small skillet over medium-high heat. Add onion. Cook, stirring occasionally, until onion is browned, about 10 minutes.
Mix eggs, milk, cheese, onion, salt, pepper and dry mustard in a bowl; mix well. Arrange potatoes in crust. Pour egg mixture over potatoes. Sprinkle with paprika. Bake until set, about 30 minutes.
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Jayson Stark makes multiple predictions on the Winter meetings. Shark gets a few mentions.
Gardner would look good in a Cubs uniform
Thank you! I understand...it's not as bad as you think, I know the difference - more of a mental typo; I work in pro audio and I occasionally type BASS instead of base ... and MUTE instead of moot etc. ugh.
So you are saying that the Cubs aren't spending because they can't? Not because they have a plan. Is that your point?
beltran/yanks 3/45
napoli/bos 2/32
...at this rate there's going to be no FA's left for winter meetings
also, the yanks have one hell of a crowded OF situation even with the DH in play...beltran, ellsbury, a.soriano, ichiro, b.gardner, v.wells
Who said we're enjoying it?
fair point, as Cubs fans we're use to being the abused in an abusive relationship, yet we just can't stop coming back for more.
I kid, it's my only source for Cubs news, pretty much.
At the Cubs current stage it's too much but there may be a time in the future where they need to get a player like that. I don't think the Ricketts have the financial chops to do it.
We covered it. But the Cubs playing like a mid market team isn't going to cut it long term. Cano isn't the point here.
My thoughts about it are conflicted: http://www.thecubreporter.com/comment/218570#comme...
But at the end of the day I do get the sense that the Ricketts are in way over their heads and have no business trying to play this game.
Thank you.
Ha. Thanks for letting us all vent and postulate here. Thanks for turning us on to AZ PHIL. And Tim. And CUBSTER. But not for The Real Neal, or Silent Towel.
Damn right you will. And a smile wouldn't hurt, either.
Seriously, though, the work's appreciated.
the tale of Fernando Tatis
poor guy said the Granderson to Mets deal was as good as done, then had a meltdown last night because it hadn't happened yet and felt terrible for mentioning it, then turned out to be right.
I will certainly up the production on this free service you're enjoying.
Yes ROB G. Just needling you as the topic has been up all week. All good. I know you were tring to resolve the posting error that I appreciate!
Jerome Holtzman drive-by...
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Pizza is the name of the game, apparently, for Madonna and her loved ones.
Her two eldest children Rocco and Lola enjoyed a cheese filled lunch Wednesday at Nikki Beach. Accompanied by a bodyguard and a friend, the group of four enjoyed a margherita pie. There was also a sushi roll and a few other dishes consumed.
And more details are emerging about the pop queen's Thanksgiving in Miami. Marisa Marcus, spokeswoman for Miami Beach's Pizza Bar, reports that nine extra large pies were delivered to Madge and her entourage nearby at FDR at the Delano late Wednesday night.
Not too many meat eaters in the group. The assortment of pies: three olives and cheese, three mushroom and cheese and three regular (no toppings). All those carbs kept the party going until the wee hours. Since no one from the MDNA tour could go home to see their families the singer (born Madonna Louise Ciccone) did her share to make them happy with a nod to her Italian heritage (on dad's side).
The bill? $250.16, according to Marcus.
Living it up
Lovebirds Sofia Vergara and Nick Loeb had a grand old time Saturday night at SoLita restaurant in Delray Beach. The Modern Family star posted a photo of her sitting smiling at a table with her beau Nick Loeb on her WhoSay page. Or is it fiancé? She is wearing his ring after all. The caption: "Great dinner at Solita!!!" On its website the eatery (a fusion of "South" and "Little Italy") says it serves high end Italian eats along with a "modern, romantic ambience." Spokeswoman Susan Dapuzzo confirms the couple was there with a large group that included Real Housewives of New York City star Ramona Singer. Vergara and Loeb split their time between South Florida and Los Angeles.
In the swim
Also in town: Ramona's's former RHONYC costar Bethenny Frankel. Paparazzi shot the reality star turned talk show host, 42, looking hot in a white bikini and floppy hat poolside at the Fontainebleau with her 2-year-old daughter Bryn. Where was Frankels' husband Jason Hoppy? Nowhere to be found. That's because Frankel (who went to Pine Crest High School) was on a girls' weekend, she Tweeted: "No boys allowed!
Madeleine Marr
Lesley Abravanel contributed to this report.