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color of a precipitate

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« on: January 09, 2009, 11:48:51 AM »

is there any rule in order to know how will be the color of a precipitate?

i really want to know it, if there's one


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« Reply #1 on: January 11, 2009, 01:02:33 AM »
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There's not really a rule, but the general statement is this: Compounds that have elements containing transition metals will be colored (such as iron, copper, chromium, etc...). This is because of the splitting of the d orbitals (some have lower energies than others, causing the electrons to jump around). This is very general,  but it's a good rule of thumb. Zinc is one of the exceptions since all it's d orbitals are filled. If you want to know more, look into the crystal field theory.
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