The colors in the copper-containing minerals malachite (green) and azurite (blue) come from a single d-d transition

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The colors in the copper-containing minerals malachite (green) and azurite (blue) come from a single d-d transition in each compound.

(a) What is the electron configuration of the copper ion in these minerals?

(b) Based on their colors in which compound would you predict the crystal field splitting Δ is larger?

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Chemistry The Central Science

ISBN: 9780321910417

13th Edition

Authors: Theodore E. Brown, H. Eugene LeMay, Bruce E. Bursten, Catherine Murphy, Patrick Woodward, Matthew E. Stoltzfus

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