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Regardless of its electron configuration, it must always be paramagnetic when it's a single, neutrally charged atom. It is:
Regardless of its electron configuration, it must always be paramagnetic when it's a single, neutrally charged atom. It is:
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The correct option is C nitrogen
Paramagnetic means that the atom or molecule has at least one unpaired electron. Since it is impossible to completely pair up an odd number of electrons, atomic nitrogen must always be paramagnetic because it has an odd number of electrons (7).
Paramagnetic means that the atom or molecule has at least one unpaired electron. Since it is impossible to completely pair up an odd number of electrons, atomic nitrogen must always be paramagnetic because it has an odd number of electrons (7).
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