A) What Simple Experiment Could You Perform to Show That

question 47

Essay

A) What simple experiment could you perform to show that a substance is paramagnetic?
B) What microscopic (atomic/molecular) feature must a substance possess in order to be paramagnetic?
C) Can it be predicted whether or not all homonuclear diatomic ions, X₂⁺, will be paramagnetic? Explain.

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