d and f-Block Elements

Formulas are organized based on their importance in the CAT exam.
1 Extraction of Copper Reactions
2 Potassium Dichromate Reactions
3 Key Electronic Configurations to Memorize
4 Interstitial Properties Core Matrix
5 Chromate-Dichromate Test & Chromyl Chloride Test
6 Electrode Potential Anomalies ($$E^\circ_{M^{2+}/M}$$ and $$E^\circ_{M^{3+}/M^{2+}}$$)
7 Silver Extraction (Cyanide Process)
8 Spin-Only Magnetic Moment
9 Origin of Color in Transition Metal Ions & Colorless $d^0/d^{10}$$ Ions
10 Magnetic Properties & Spin-Only Magnetic Moment Formula
11 Actinoid Contraction vs. Lanthanoid Contraction
12 General Electronic Configuration (f-Block)
13 Lanthanoid Contraction
14 Formation of Alloys & Complex Compounds
15 Oxidation States - Most Common & Highest States (3d Series)
16 General Electronic Configuration (d-Block)
17 Lanthanoid Contraction
18 Catalytic Properties
19 Potassium Permanganate Reactions
20 Lanthanoids vs. Actinoids
21 Anomalous Configurations (3d Series)
22 Atomic / Ionic Radii Trend
23 Target Catalytic Industrial Applications
24 Behavior in Non-Standard Oxidation States
25 Definition of Transition Elements
26 General Electronic Configuration
27 The Iodine Exception (Faintly Alkaline / Neutral KMnO4)
28 Definition of Inner Transition Elements
29 Interstitial Compounds
30 Potassium Dichromate ($$\text{K}_2\text{Cr}_2\text{O}_7$$)
31 Electrochemical Anomalies
32 Melting & Boiling Point Trend
33 Formation of Colored Ions
34 Common Oxidation States (First Row)
35 Specific Oxidizing Titration Equivalents (Acidic Medium)
36 Potassium Permanganate ($$\text{KMnO}_4$$)
37 Gangue vs Slag