Select the option with correct property:

Select the option with correct property:
  1. NiCO4 and NiCl42 both diamagnetic
  2. NiCO4 and NiCl42 both paramagnetic
  3. NiCl42 diamagnetic, NiCO4 paramagnetic
  4. NiCO4 diamagnetic, NiCl42 paramagnetic

Solution

Properties of the diamagnetic materials are: The diamagnetic materials have all the paired electrons, and none of the electrons is the valence, resulting in the absence of atomic dipoles in these materials. This happens because the overall magnetic moment of each atom in the compound cancels out.

NiCO4 diamagnetic, sp3 hybridization, number of unpaired electrons =0

If the substance contains unpaired electrons, it is a paramagnetic substance.

NiCl42 paramagnetic, sp3 hybridization, number of unpaired electrons =2

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