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Write the factors which are related to the colour of transition metal ions.
Write the conditions of colour of transition metal ions.
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Solution
- Metal ions exhibit the presence of incompletely filled d-orbitals.
- The presence of unpaired electrons in d-orbitals.
- The d-d transition of electrons due to absorption of radiation in the visible region.
- The metal ion in the complex undergoes a type of hybridisation.
- The geometry of the complex containing transition metal ions is described.
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