Description: Liquid oxygen is prepared by submersing a copper coil into liquid nitrogen and blowing oxygen through it from an oxygen tank . It is paramagnetic when in the field of a strong magnet.

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Source: Shakhashiri, B.Z. Chemical Demonstrations: A Handbook for Teachers of Chemistry

Year or vol: 2 page: 147

Keywords: Oxygen, liquid, paramagnetism, Nitrogen, liquid, magnetism