In-Reply-To: <200007130748.DAA10854 at actwin_com> from "Aquatic Plants Digest" at Jul 13, 2000 03:48:03 AM
I'd like to point out that oxygen is a diradical. It has an even
number of electrons, but the two of highest energy are in different
orbitals and are thus unpaired. That is one reason why oxygen is
so reactive.
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Paul Sears Ottawa, Canada