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Offline guayguay

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Relationship between oxidation state and magnetism?
« on: November 09, 2013, 10:24:07 PM »
Is there a relationship between oxidation state and magnetism?
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Re: Relationship between oxidation state and magnetism?
« Reply #1 on: November 09, 2013, 11:52:20 PM »
If removing (or adding) an electron creates a configuration whereby all electrons become paired (or they become unpaired), oxidation can switch a diamagnetic state to a paramagnetic state.
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