On the basis of the following observations made with aqueous solutions, assign primary and secondary valencies to metals in the following compounds:
Formula |
Motes of AgCl precipitated with excess AgNO3 |
(i) PdCl2.4NH3 |
2 |
(ii) NiCl2.6H2O |
2 |
(iii) PtCl4.2HCl |
0 |
(iv) CoCl3.4NH3 |
1 |
(v) PtCl2.2NH3 |
0 |
.
What are ligands? Give examples.