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How to identify transition metal ions in solution

Identifying which ions we might have in a solution is known as qualitative analysis. The chemical tests we carry out

The ligands in a transition metal complex can be exchanged e.g. ammonia ligands replacing water ligands. This happens either because

In aqueous solutions of transition metal ion salts, the metal ion is invariably part of a complex known as an

Structural isomers These are compounds with the same number and type of atoms but the atoms are bonded in different

The coordination number of a complex is the number of atoms making coordinate or dative covalent bonds to the central

d-block metal cations readily form complexes with ligands – neutral molecules such as water or anions such as the chloride

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The transition metals are d-block elements (Groups 3-12 of the Periodic Table) whose atoms have a partially filled d-orbital or