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Why are Zn salts colourless ?

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Zn exists an `Zn^(2+)` in its salts. The electronic configuration of `Zn^(2+)` is [Ar] `3d^(10)` , i.e. there are no unpaired elections in `zn^(2+)`
Therefore , zinc salts are colourless.
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