38:T7a1,where

\mu

is the magnetic moment in Bohr magnetons (

\mu_{B}

), and

n

is the number of unpaired electrons.2e:["$","li","2",{"className":"flex items-start gap-3","children":[["$","span",null,{"className":"mt-0.5 flex h-5 w-5 shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-md bg-surface-sunken font-mono text-[11px] text-ink-400","children":3}],["$","div",null,{"className":"min-w-0 max-w-[68ch] flex-1 text-[15px] leading-relaxed text-ink-600 [&_.katex-display]:my-3 [&_.katex-display]:overflow-x-auto","dangerouslySetInnerHTML":{"__html":"$38"}}]]}] 39:T469,Given that the spin-only magnetic moment value is

3.86 \, \mathrm{BM}

, we can set this value equal to the formula to solve for

n

:2f:["$","li","3",{"className":"flex items-start gap-3","children":[["$","span",null,{"className":"mt-0.5 flex h-5 w-5 shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-md bg-surface-sunken font-mono text-[11px] text-ink-400","children":4}],["$","div",null,{"className":"min-w-0 max-w-[68ch] flex-1 text-[15px] leading-relaxed text-ink-600 [&_.katex-display]:my-3 [&_.katex-display]:overflow-x-auto","dangerouslySetInnerHTML":{"__html":"$39"}}]]}] 3a:T927,

3.86 = \sqrt{n(n+2)}

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14.8996 = n(n+2)

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n

must be an integer and this equation doesn't solve neatly for an integer

n

, we look for a value of

n

that would give a product close to

14.8996

when plugged into

\sqrt{n(n+2)}

.33:["$","li","7",{"className":"flex items-start gap-3","children":[["$","span",null,{"className":"mt-0.5 flex h-5 w-5 shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-md bg-surface-sunken font-mono text-[11px] text-ink-400","children":8}],["$","div",null,{"className":"min-w-0 max-w-[68ch] flex-1 text-[15px] leading-relaxed text-ink-600 [&_.katex-display]:my-3 [&_.katex-display]:overflow-x-auto","dangerouslySetInnerHTML":{"__html":"$3c"}}]]}] 34:["$","li","8",{"className":"flex items-start gap-3","children":[["$","span",null,{"className":"mt-0.5 flex h-5 w-5 shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-md bg-surface-sunken font-mono text-[11px] text-ink-400","children":9}],["$","div",null,{"className":"min-w-0 max-w-[68ch] flex-1 text-[15px] leading-relaxed text-ink-600 [&_.katex-display]:my-3 [&_.katex-display]:overflow-x-auto","dangerouslySetInnerHTML":{"__html":"Practically, we can test the square root values near

3.86

for different

n

to see which one gives a close match. Considering the usual spin-only magnetic moments for common numbers of unpaired electrons:"}}]]}] 3d:Te2a,

n = 1

\mu = \sqrt{3} \approx 1.73 \mu_B

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n = 2

\mu = \sqrt{8} \approx 2.83 \mu_B

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n = 3

\mu = \sqrt{15} \approx 3.87 \mu_B

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