Colors of Important Transition Metal Aqueous Ions
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shschem on February 11, 2012
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Some of the more important/common aqueous transition metal ions encountered in first-year college chemistry. Color in transition metal ions is usually due to electron transitions within the d-shell. Note: the formation of complex ions will alter the colors of the solutions mentioned in this set!
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Cu ²⁺ | light blue |
| CrO₄ ²⁻ | yellow |
| Cr₂O₇ ²⁻ | orange |
| MnO₄ ¹⁻ | purple |
| Ni ²⁺ | green |
| Fe ³⁺ | most are yellow-ish |
| Co ²⁺ | usually pink (but can easily be turned blue through a temperature or pH change) |
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