Scandium
Titanium
Vanadium
Chromium
Manganese
Iron
Cobalt
Nickel
Copper
Zinc
Yttrium
Zirconium
Niobium
Molybdenum
Technetium
Ruthenium
Rhodium
Palladium
Silver
Cadmium
Lanthanum sometimes (often considered a rare earth, lanthanide)
Hafnium
Tantalum
Tungsten
Rhenium
Osmium
Iridium
Platinum
Gold
Mercury
Actinium sometimes (often considered a rare earth, actinide)
Rutherfordium
Dubnium
Seaborgium
Bohrium
Hassium
Meitnerium
Darmstadtium
Roentgenium
Element 112 - Ununbium - Presumably will be a transition metal.
Transition Metals
List of Elements in the Transition Metal Group
By Anne Marie Helmenstine, Ph.D., About.com Guide
Hafnium is one of the transition metals.
U.S. Geological Survey
Here is a list of elements that are considered to be transition metals or transition elements.
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