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Offline NinaNicole

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Unpaired Electrons
« on: December 10, 2007, 04:00:26 PM »

Where can I ifnd the answers to this question?

2) How many unpaired electrons are there in
a. a nitrogen atom
b. an iodine atom

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Re: Unpaired Electrons
« Reply #1 on: December 10, 2007, 06:00:32 PM »
You an start with drawing the dot structures...

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Re: Unpaired Electrons
« Reply #2 on: December 10, 2007, 06:45:24 PM »
a:- 3 unpaired electrons (paramagnetic)
b:- 1 umpaired electrons (paramagnetic)

you can also use the ordital diagram (s,p,d,f)

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