Chemistry A-Level
Dependence of colour on metal, oxidation state and ligands
What Dependence of colour on metal, oxidation state and ligands means in Chemistry A-Level, as defined for OCR.
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The size of the splitting, and so the colour, depends on the metal, its oxidation state, the identity of the ligands and their arrangement.
Topics that use Dependence of colour on metal, oxidation state and ligands
- Transition elements (OCR A-Level)
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