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DudoVene t1_iurhjkq wrote

hmmm. magnetism needs a difference of electric charge into a molecule. see as H2O itself exhibits a positive charge near the proton and a negative charge near the oxygen.

when you dissolve your salt in aqueous solution, you break the ionic bond between the molecule and form new ionic bond with water. in my mind, you obtain diffuse electric charges in the solution wich are not aligned like in the unsolvated salt. the only possible magnetism effect could come from your 2 hydrated species and could be not related To the initial strenght of the salt.

consequently, non aqueous solution won't dissolve the salt, keeping it in the shape that have the magnetism effect.

I hope others will have knowledge to correct my assumption. and I wish you the best for your studies!

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newappeal t1_iuw9rw4 wrote

You're thinking of electric dipoles, which are different from magnetic dipoles. Electricity and magnetism are, of course, just two manifestations of the same underlying phenomenon, but electric dipole moments and magnetic moments of molecules nonetheless differ in their cause and behavior. The former come from the distribution of electron density in a molecule, while the later arise from unpaired electrons within atomic or molecular orbitals, independent of the shape of those orbitals or the atoms' electronegativities.

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