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AP EAMCET · Chemistry · d and f Block Elements

Which of the following compounds is expected to be coloured?

  1. A \(\mathrm{ZnSO}_4\)
  2. B \(\mathrm{MgCl}_2\)
  3. C \(\mathrm{CuCl}_2\)
  4. D \(\mathrm{AgCl}\)
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(C) \(\mathrm{CuCl}_2\)

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Copper chloride \(\left(\mathrm{CuCl}_2\right)\) as a yellow-brown powder (in anhydrous form) or a green crystalline solid (in dihydrate form) due to copper exist as divalent \(\mathrm{Cu}^{2+}\) ions with \(3 d^9\) electronic configuration. Due to presence of 1 unpaired…