Magnetic Nature
- A substance's electron configuration can be used to identify its magnetic properties.
- The substance is paramagnetic if its electrons are unpaired.
- The substance is diamagnetic if all of its electrons are paired.
- Examples of paramagnetic: aluminum and sodium .
- Examples of diamagnetic: copper and silver .
Magnetic property of
- Oxygen is paramagnetic due to the presence of two unpaired electrons in its last molecular orbital.
- The Molecular orbital electronic configuration is as follows:
- Molecular orbital diagram: