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Grade 12Organic Chemistry

Magnetic moment of divalent ion in aqueous solution is its atomic number is 24

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The divalent ion in aqueous solution will have 4s1 3d5 configuration (five unpaired electrons) with atomic number 24. The magnetic moment, µ is: 

μ=√4(4+2)−−−−−−−√24BM
μ=4.899 BM