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Question
Write the hybridization and magnetic character of the following complexes:
[Fe(H2O)6]2+
(Atomic no. of Fe = 26)
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Solution
Hybridisation - sp3d2
Magnetic character- Strongly paramagnetic
[Fe(H2O)6]2+

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