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Why does table salt, NaCl, sometimes appear yellow in colour ?

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The yellow colour of NaCl crystals can be attributed to metal excess defect as some chlorine ions leave their lattice sites and are occupied by unpaired electrons. These sites are called F-centres. On absorption of energy, electrons gets excited and falls on the crystals imparting yellow color.

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