what is mean by unpaired electron.........?? pls explain with examples

An orbital can accommodate maximum two electrons, with opposite spins making a pair of electron in the orbital. Unpaired electron suggests, that it is present alone in the orbital without the electron with opposite spin. For example, in nitrogen atom, the three 2p-orbitals are singly filled by one electron each or unpaired electron each.

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