I have no background in quantum anything but I do know some Chemistry.How does an atom become magnetic?What has to occur in an atom for it to be magnetic?Can you make an atom magnetic through chemical bonds?Where can I start to learn this stuff? A link or recommended source would be nice.Thanks in advance.
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No. I've only gotten 5 days detention in Grade 8 for chewing gum :|
Nope, but I got in school suspension on MY LAST DAY OF 8TH GRADE for wearing short shorts that werent even short. Stupid.
To paraphrse a website: atoms can be magnetic because their electron spin creates a magnetic moment with the orbitals acting as current loops. If the magnetic moments don't cancel, you have a magnetic atom. From a chemistry viewpoint, this should equate to unpaired electrons in an orbital. Or, they could be paired electrons that have been excited to a higher energy level. I'd search using these terms: diamagnetic, paramagnetic or magnetic susceptibility.
Atoms produce a magnetic field because there are electrons in motion. Any sort of electrically charged particle that moves produces a magnetic field. Protons only produce an electric field because they are stationary. Neutrons don't produce an electric field nor a magnetic field because they are not electrically charged. I don't know a lot about chemistry, so I can't really discuss much about atoms the way chemists do. Physics is more of my specialty. Here are some links referring to magnetism in matter: electron9.phys.utk.edu/phys136d/m. ww2.slcc.edu/schools/hum_sci/phys.
