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Grade 12th passPhysical Chemistry

Why does LiCl acquire pink colour when heated in Li vapours???

Profile image of Harshit Singh
5 Years agoGrade 12th pass
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Profile image of Pawan Prajapati
5 Years ago
Answer:
This is due to metal excess defect due to anionic vacancies in which the anionic sites are occupied by unpaired electrons (F-centres).

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