Magnetic Oxygen

Oxygen molecules have two unpaired electrons which renders molecular oxygen paramagnetic. This paramagnetism can be demonstrated with liquefied oxygen which is attracted towards strong magnets. The spins of these unpaired electrons have three possible spin states. Two of these cancel out and one results in paramagnetism. Super strong magnets such as neodymium magnets are strong enough for laboratory demonstration of this paramagnetism. #teslacoils #highvoltage #plasma #chemistry #youtubescience #hackerspace #howto #funexperiments #youtubehomelab #funscience