What Determines Whether a Transition Metal Ion Is in a High-Spin

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Essay

What determines whether a transition metal ion is in a high-spin or a low-spin electron configuration?

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Definitions:

Nash Equilibrium

A state in strategic interactions where each participant's chosen strategy leaves them with no incentive to deviate, given the choices of others.

Cournot Model

A economic model describing an industry structure in which companies compete on the quantity of output they decide to produce, assuming their rivals' decisions are fixed.

Bertrand Model

An economic model of competition among firms, where firms choose prices rather than quantities to compete.

Collude

The act of cooperating or conspiring, especially between competitors, to achieve a mutual benefit such as setting prices.