Identify the metal M and hence . Explain the difference in colours of and A.

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Identify the metal M and hence . Explain the difference in colours of  and A.

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🧠 "Colourless Transition Element + " =  Chloride — That Is

The setup is a small puzzle in three parts. The metal M is a transition element whose  is colourless. For a transition-metal compound to be colourless, the metal must have a  configuration (no d-d transitions). The first-row , +4 candidate is  — and  is the famous colourless, fuming liquid.

So M = Ti.

Now check the two side-reactions:

-  + moist air → white fumes with smell. Hydrolysis: . White fumes =  +  mist. B =  (the smell is

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