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Q. A hydrogen atom is paramagnetic. A hydrogen molecule is

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Paramagnetic substance is one, whose atoms have a permanent magnetic moment and whose atoms have an excess of electrons spinning in the same direction. Hydrogen atom is one such example. While property of diamagnetism is generally found in those substances whose molecules have even number of electrons which form pairs.