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OpenStudy (anonymous):

how do chemists know that an oxygen molecule has unpaired electrons. Summarize the reason in a sentence or two.

OpenStudy (abb0t):

Liquid oxygen is paramagnetic, it sticks between the poles of a magnet. Paramagnetism is the attraction to an magnetic field and paramagnetism is associated with one or more unpaired electrons. You can also draw the elctron configuration.

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