Abstract

AbstractB.c.c. transition metals are shown to display large, systematic changes in many basic physical properties on going from vanadium to chromium or iron, from niobium to molybdenum, and from tantalum to tungsten. These property changes are attributed, at least partially, to the differences in the electronic structure and nuclear composition between the group V (V, Nb, and Ta) and group VI metals (Cr, Mo, and W) and iron. A subdivision of the b.c.c. transition metals is this proposed. Conditions under which the metals may sensibly be considered as an undivided group are discussed.

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