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Significance of a Molecular Formula

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why sodium peroxide is diamagnetic in nature

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Sodium peroxide formula is = Na₂O₂. The number of valence electrons in the sodium peroxide = (2 x 1) + (2 x 8) = 18. As even number comes its diamagnetic.

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