Question
The members of which pair are most similar in color? A. chlorine, Cl2(g), and bromine,Br2(l) B. silver chloride, AgCl(s), and silver sulfide,Ag2S(s) C. copper(II) chloride, CuCl2(s), and calciumchloride, CaCl2(s) D. potassium permangenate, KMnO4(aq), and iodine,I2(g) Please EXPLAIN youranswer. The members of which pair are most similar in color? A. chlorine, Cl2(g), and bromine,Br2(l) B. silver chloride, AgCl(s), and silver sulfide,Ag2S(s) C. copper(II) chloride, CuCl2(s), and calciumchloride, CaCl2(s) D. potassium permangenate, KMnO4(aq), and iodine,I2(g) Please EXPLAIN youranswer.
Explanation / Answer
KMnO4 - purplecolour liquid I2(g) - violet pink vapours . These two are almost similar in colour. So the option D is correct. The similar colourmay be due to absorption light of the same wave length.