Saturday, 1 April 2017

COLORS OF IONS

Ions in aqueous solution[edit]

Colors of ions in aqueous solution[2]
NameFormulaColor
Alkali metalsM+Colorless
Alkaline earth metalsM2+Colorless
Scandium(III)Sc3+Colorless
Titanium(III)Ti3+ Violet
Titanium(IV)Ti4+Colorless
TitanylTiO2+Colorless
Vanadium(II)V2+ Lavender
Vanadium(III)V3+ Dark grey-green
Vanadyl(IV)VO2+ Blue
Vanadate(IV) (vanadite)V
4
O2−
9
 Brown
Vanadyl(V) (pervanadyl)VO+
2
 Yellow
MetavanadateVO
3
Colorless
OrthovanadateVO3−
4
Colorless
Chromium(III)Cr3+ Blue-green-grey
ChromateCrO2−
4
 Yellow
DichromateCr
2
O2−
7
 Orange
Manganese(II)Mn2+ Pale pink
Manganate(V)MnO3−
4
 Deep blue
Manganate(VI)MnO2−
4
 Dark green
Manganate(VII) (permanganate)MnO
4
 Deep purple
Iron(II)Fe2+ Very pale green
Iron(III)Fe3+ Very pale violet/brown
Iron(III) tetrachloro complexFeCl
4
 Yellow/brown
Cobalt(II)Co2+ Pink
Cobalt(III) ammine complexCo(NH
3
)3+
6
 Yellow/orange
Nickel(II)Ni2+ Light green
Nickel(II) ammine complexNi(NH
3
)2+
6
 Lavender/blue
Copper(I) ammine complexCu(NH
3
)+
2
Colorless
Copper(II)Cu2+ Blue
Copper(II) ammine complexCu(NH
3
)2+
4
 Indigo-blue
Copper(II) tetrachloro complexCuCl2−
4
 Green
Zinc(II)Zn2+Colorless
Silver(I)Ag+Colorless
Silver(III) (in conc. HNO3)Ag3+ Dark brown

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