Chemistry 12th Edition

Published by McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 10: 0078021510
ISBN 13: 978-0-07802-151-0

Chapter 23 - Transition Metals Chemistry and Coordination Compounds - Questions & Problems - Page 1023: 23.53

Answer

A) Zinc(II) has a completely filled 3d subshell, giving the ion greater stability. B) Normally the colors of transition metal ions result from transitions within incompletely filled d subshells. The 3d subshell of Zinc(II) ion is filled.

Work Step by Step

A) Zinc(II) has a completely filled 3d subshell, giving the ion greater stability. B) Normally the colors of transition metal ions result from transitions within incompletely filled d subshells. The 3d subshell of Zinc(II) ion is filled.
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