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Explain colour of transition metal compounds based on crystal field splitting.

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Colour of transition metal compounds is possible when they have partially filled .d. sub-shell or have unpaired electrons.
When visible light (white light) falls on these, a part of the radiation is absorbed to excite or promote an electron from one set of d-orbitals to the other, or diagram.
Unabsorbed radiations are transmitted. This gives colour to the compound.
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OSWAAL PUBLICATION-D - BLOCK ELEMENTS F - BLOCK ELEMENTS -TOPIC-1 (D - BLOCK ELEMENTS, THEIR PROPERTIES AND COMPONDS) LONG ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS - I
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