This diagram is used to illustrate the effect of the strength of the ligand field on the positions of energy level components.
In an experiment involving chromium-doped garnet crystals, Michael Selzer showed its use in relating optical and physical properties. It includes the effect of mixing states with the same symmetry; however, lines connecting states of the same symmetry can never cross. Unlike a similar construct named for Orgel, it can take into account electron-electron repulsion effects. The units used for each of the axes measure the repulsion between terms of the same multiplicity, and are given in terms of the Racah parameter. This diagram is used to illustrate the effect of the strength of the ligand field on the positions of energy level components. For 10 points, name this diagram used to interpret UV and visible spectroscopic data for coordination complexes.
In an experiment involving chromium-doped garnet crystals, Michael Selzer showed its use in relating optical and physical properties.
{Tanabe-Sugano} diagram