Chemistry GCSE
Coloured compounds
What Coloured compounds means in Chemistry GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Coloured compounds
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Transition metals form coloured compounds, for example hydrated copper(II) sulfate is blue and cobalt(II) chloride is pink in aqueous solution.
Topics that use Coloured compounds
- Typical properties (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Catalysis in industrial and laboratory reactions
- Coloured transition element compounds
- Transition metal chemistry
- Variable oxidation states
- Catalysis
- Ions with different charges
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