Paramagnetism: Compounds - Sodium Chloride

NaCl

When a sample of sodium chloride is brought near the poles of the magnet, there is no attraction of the sodium chloride to the magnet, even when the vial strikes the magnet. There are no unpaired electrons in sodium chloride and sodium chloride is diamagnetic.

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