MHT CET Chemistry question

The destruction of degeneracy and splitting of d-orbitals, due to repulsive forces is known as

(A)Crystal field splittingCorrect
(B)Crystal field stability energy
(C)Spin pairing
(D)Kinetic stability

Answer: (A)

Solution

The lifting of the degeneracy of the five d orbitals by the electrostatic repulsion of the ligands is crystal field splitting; crystal field stabilization energy is the

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