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What physical or chemical properties would help identify a salt as containing a transition metal ion?

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Many transition metal ions(e.g. in soluble salt solutions) give colored hydroxide precipitates when mixed with aqueous sodium hydroxide solution. However zinc ions give a white hydroxide precipitate. These reactions can be used to help identify transition metal ions in solution.
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