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Grade 11Inorganic Chemistry

Transition metals generally form coloured compounds.....??

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5 Years agoGrade 11
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Because of presence of unpaired electrons in d-orbital, which undergoes d-d transition by absorption of energy from visible region and then the emitted light shows complementary colours.

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