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If oxygen is magnetic , why isnt it attracted to magnets?

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As shown in the video, molecular oxygen (O2 is paramagnetic and is attracted to is paramagnetic and is attracted to the magnet. ... This causes the magnetic fields of the electrons to cancel out; thus there is no net magnetic moment, and the atom cannot be attracted into a magnetic field

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