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Topic: Why is the Barium ion paramagnetic if it has no unpaired electrons?  (Read 1329 times)

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Offline TrevS16

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Stuck on this and I haven't seen any credible articles (that I can understand) that covers this. I have learned off of wikipedia that it is paramagnetic but I have no idea why.

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Re: Why is the Barium ion paramagnetic if it has no unpaired electrons?
« Reply #1 on: October 19, 2018, 05:43:06 AM »
Welcome, TrevS16!

I've seen no mention of a paramagnetic ion in Wiki's article about barium. The only statement I saw there is about the metal.

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