Chemistry, asked by sonalparab9oct, 1 year ago

why are compounds of copper coloured while those of zinc colourless

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Answered by MelwinR

Colour is due to transmission of an unpaired electron from one shell(n=x) to another shell(n=y).
Since Zn has no unpaired electron it does not exhibit any color.

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