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Explain : The compounds of Cu(II) are coloured.

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  • The electronic configuration of 29Cu [Ar] 3d10 4s1 and Cu2+ [Ar] 3d9.
  • In copper compounds Cu2+ ions have incompletely filled 3d-orbital (3d9). 
  • Due to the presence of one unpaired electron in 3 d-orbital, Cu2+ ions absorb red light from visible spectrum and emit blue radiation due to d → d transition. Therefore, copper compounds are coloured.


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