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What is the magnetic moment of a tetrahedral complex with four ligands, each containing one unpaired electron, coordinated to a central transition metal ion with a d⁴ electron configuration?

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To calculate the magnetic moment of a tetrahedral complex with four ligands, each containing one unpaired electron, coordinated to a central transition metal ion with a d electron configuration, we first need to determine the total number of unpaired electrons in the complex.For the central transition metal ion with a d electron configuration, there are 4 unpaired electrons.For the four ligands, each containing one unpaired electron, there are 4 unpaired electrons in total.So, the total number of unpaired electrons in the complex is 4  from the central metal ion  + 4  from the ligands  = 8 unpaired electrons.The magnetic moment    can be calculated using the formula: =  n n+2  where n is the number of unpaired electrons.In this case, n = 8, so: =  8 8+2   =  8 10   =  80 The magnetic moment of the tetrahedral complex is 80 Bohr magnetons.

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