why so many coordination compounds of transition metals are brightly colored?

2007-03-05 04:30:29 · 1 answers · asked by mahsa b 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry

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Photons of visible light are absorbed while promoting electrons within the incomplete d-sublevels of transition metal ions. So the light reflected off these compounds is missing certain frequencies - and they look coloured.

2007-03-05 04:56:47 · answer #1 · answered by Gervald F 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋

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