Oxygen is paramagnetic because

a)Bonding electrons >Anti Bonding electrons
b)It contains unpaired electrons in Anti bonding orbital
c)It contains unpaired electrons in Bonding orbital

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Jagaran Chowdhury ·

it contains unpaired electrons in its bonding orbital.presence of unpaired electrons makes it difficult to be attracted by magnets

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roboarmy filas ·

because it contains electrons in anti bonding molecular orbital..
this causes the change in its magnetic properties.... therefore te answer is B

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