Paramagnetism, definition

Other forms of permeabiHty oftea ate quoted as related to specific appHcatioas (9). A term closely related to the permeabiHty is the volume susceptibiHty k = M/H which particularly characterizes diamagaetic and paramagnetic substances. A variety of definitions of susceptibiHties is given ia Refereace 5. 

As seen in the previous section, one characteristic of the triplet state is its paramagnetism. This alone would of course not suffice as a definition of the triplet since there are many odd-electron species that also exhibit paramagnetism but do not exist as triplets. Thus we might state that a triplet is a paramagnetic even-electron species. This still does not constitute a limiting definition since compounds containing even numbers of electrons may exhibit two, three, or even five distinct electronic levels. For example, when in a biradical the radical centers are separated by several carbon atoms as below, no interaction between the electron spins occurs and the radicals appear as two doublet states ... 

Since we have two unpaired electrons, 5=1, and the number of states is three. If we should have other even numbers of unpaired electrons, such as four or six, we could have three, five, or even as many as seven states. Thus we arrive at a definition for the triplet as a paramagnetic species possessing an even number of unpaired electrons and existing in a set of three energetically similar electronic levels which result from interaction of the electronic spin. Generally these three distinct electronic levels, between which transitions may be observed under certain conditions, are collectively referred to as the triplet state. 

As can be seen from Table 1, not only the spectral data are quite different between pairs of compounds, but also the paramagnetism is decreasing when the carbon atom attached to the nitrogen is replaced by silicon, all other atoms being equal. As we have not been able to determine the molecular structures of the compounds until now, we cannot ascribe the change in properties to a definite change in structure. Nevertheless it seems obvious that the carbon or silicon atom in 6-position to the metal must have an important impact on the orbital-splitting at the transition element. 

The report of the first zinc compound with a Zn-Zn core elicited a number of critical comments on the structure and bonding of decamethyldizincocene, and the interpretation of the results.236,237 None of the authors of these commentaries questioned the data or their interpretation. Parkin, however, has pointed out that the formal oxidation state of +1 for zinc in this compound is merely due to the convention that metals are assigned an oxidation state of 0 when they form bonds with like atoms.237 If the conventional definition of valence, namely the capacity of atoms to form bonds to other atoms is used, then the zinc atoms in decamethyldizincocene are not monovalent, but divalent. The synthesis of a paramagnetic organozinc compound in which zinc uses only one of its two 4s electrons will remain an interesting challenge to many synthetic organometallic chemists. 

Then, curium metal is antiferromagnetic and its paramagnetic effective moment definitively supports the picture of a localized 5 f configuration the same is true for what is known about berkelium and californium metals ... 

The g tensors and hyperfine constants of the paramagnetic centers observed in irradiated NH4Y zeolites after various activation treatments are given in Table VIII. Despite the abundance of experimental results, many of the structures proposed for these centers should be regarded as suggestive rather than definitive, as previously noted by Kasai and Bishop (264). Neither the axially symmetric g tensor of the V center associated with two aluminum atoms nor the isotropic g tensor of the V center associated with one aluminum atom reported by Vedrine et al. (266) is consistent with the symmetry of the respective models proposed above. 

Deep state experiments measure carrier capture or emission rates, processes that are not sensitive to the microscopic structure (such as chemical composition, symmetry, or spin) of the defect. Therefore, the various techniques for analysis of deep states can at best only show a correlation with a particular impurity when used in conjunction with doping experiments. A definitive, unambiguous assignment is impossible without the aid of other experiments, such as high-resolution absorption or luminescence spectroscopy, or electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR). Unfortunately, these techniques are usually inapplicable to most deep levels. However, when absorption or luminescence lines are detectable and sharp, the symmetry of a defect can be deduced from Zeeman or stress experiments (see, for example, Ozeki et al. 1979b). In certain cases the energy of a transition is sensitive to the isotopic mass of an impurity, and use of isotopically enriched dopants can yield a positive chemical identification of a level. 

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