diamagnetic
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1. diamagnetic - Noun
2. diamagnetic - Adjective
Meaning
Pertaining to, or exhibiting the phenomena of, diamagnetism; taking, or being of a nature to take, a position at right angles to the lines of magnetic force. See Paramagnetic.
Any substance, as bismuth, glass, phosphorous, etc., which in a field of magnetic force is differently affected from the ordinary magnetic bodies, as iron; that is, which tends to take a position at right angles to the lines of magnetic force, and is repelled by either pole of the magnet.
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1 H NMR chemical shifts for diamagnetic organotransition-metal compounds is usually observed between 25 and 40 ppm, but this range is much more narrow for diamagnetic metallocene complexes, with chemical shifts usually observed between 3 and 7 ppm.
All of these structures are paramagnetic (have unpaired electrons), not diamagnetic.
Both low spin Fe 2+ and the disulfide S 2 2− moeties are closed shell entities, explaining the diamagnetic and semiconducting properties.
Any blue tourmaline that is diamagnetic can be identified as paraiba tourmaline colored by copper in contrast to magnetic blue tourmaline colored by iron.
Both low-spin iron and singlet oxygen are diamagnetic.
Characteristics Physical properties Zinc is a bluish-white, lustrous, diamagnetic metal, though most common commercial grades of the metal have a dull finish.