JEE Main Chemistry question

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Alkaline earth metal salts are:

(A)Paramagnetic
(B)DiamagneticCorrect
(C)Ferromagnetic
(D)All of these

Answer: (B)

Solution

Alkaline earth metal salts contain ions with a noble-gas electronic configuration and therefore no unpaired electrons, making these salts diamagnetic.

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Question ID VK-138081