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The absorption intensity of the3B1 ←1A1 transition of nitrite salts of the non-transition metals is markedly dependent on the metal counterion and is causative of the yellow-orange colors of the heavier-metal salts. It is assumed that spin-orbit coupling is responsible for this phenomenon; this assumption is investigated here using semi-empirical one-electron calculations and is validated. The subjects of covalent bonding in metal salts, charge transfer transitions in such systems and the S j ← S 0 electronic spectroscopy of nitrite salts are also investigated.
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This work was supported by contracts between the United States Atomic Energy Commission — Biology Branch and the United States Air Force with the Louisiana State University.
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Harris, L.E., Maria, H.J. & McGlynn, S.P. Spin-orbit coupling in nitrite ion and nitrite salts. Czech J Phys 20, 1007–1017 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01691241
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