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Gold has high enough Z that relativistic effects contract the s and p orbitals while slightly expanding d and f orbitals due to the enhanced screening. This plus spin-orbit coupling splitting is why gold is yellow instead of silver like other metals because the 5d to 6s inter-band absorption peak is shifted from UV to the visible range
Gold has high enough Z that relativistic effects contract the s and p orbitals while slightly expanding d and f orbitals due to the enhanced screening. This plus spin-orbit coupling splitting is why gold is yellow instead of silver like other metals because the 5d to 6s inter-band absorption peak is shifted from UV to the visible range
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