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AP EAMCET · Chemistry · d and f Block Elements

The yellow colour of chromate ion and orange colour of dichromate ion is due to

  1. A \(d\)-d transition only
  2. B charge transfer only
  3. C both \(d-d\) transition and charge transfer
  4. D \(s-d\) transitions only
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(B) charge transfer only

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In both of chromate \(\left(\mathrm{CrO}_4^{2-}\right)\) and dichromate \(\left(\mathrm{Cr}_2 \mathrm{O}_7^{2-}\right)\) ions, \(\mathrm{Cr}\) is present in +6 oxidation state, i.e. \(d^0\)-configuration. So, \(d-d\) transition is absent in both of the ions. Their intense colour…