Pre-lab 3.2.a Introduction to Magnetic Properties of

Pre-lab 3.2.a Introduction to Magnetic Properties of Transition Metal Complexes6-11 

Values for /jls for a given number of unpaired electrons, n, are given in Table 3.2. 

The volume susceptibility of air can often be ignored for solid samples and the mass magnetic susceptibility simplifies to equation (3.4). 

From xg, a molar susceptibility, yMcolT, corrected for diamagnetic contributions Ofdia) from inner core electrons and other atoms and ions in the molecule, is calculated using equations (3.5) and (3.6). 

The diamagnetic contribution of the ligand can be obtained by measuring its susceptibility or by summing the contribution of contributing atoms. Diamagnetic susceptibilities for molecules, substituents and ions are found in Table 3.3. 

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