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How do chemists know that an oxygen molecule have unpaired electrons?
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How do chemists know that an oxygen molecule have unpaired electrons?

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They know that it has two unpaired electrons because of the position of the valence electrons and their structure. 2 of the final positions both have only 1 electron because they always have to be filled first with at least 1.
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