19.3Spectroscopic and Magnetic Properties of Coordination Compounds
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- Applies5.8Modeling Using Variation
Computing Δ_oct from an absorbed wavelength chains ν = c/λ into E = hν — two variation substitutions in a row — and the classic wrong intuition (longer wavelength means more energy) is exactly the error variation problems are built to catch, since E is inversely proportional to λ, not directly.