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In an Octahedral crystal field, how do the d-orbitals split?

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Into lower energy $t_{2g}$ ( $d_{xy}, d_{yz}, d_{zx}$ ) and higher energy $e_g$ ( $d_{x^2-y^2}, d_{z^2}$ ).

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