Generally transition elements and their salts are coloured due to the presence of unpaired electrons in metal ions. Which of the following compounds are coloured?
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It is due to charge transfer. In $\ce{MnO_4^-}$ an electron is momentarily transferred from $O$ to the metal, thus momentarily $O^{2-}$ is changed to $O-$ and reducing the oxidation state of the metal from $\ce{Mn (VII)}$ to $\text{Mn (VI)}.$
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$\ce{KMnO_4}$ acts as an oxidising agent in acidic medium. The number of moles of $\ce{KMnO_4}$ that will be needed to react with one mole of sulphide ions in acidic solution is
Transition elements show magnetic moment due to spin and orbital motion of electrons. Which of the following metallic ions have almost same spin only magnetic moment?