Spin of Subatomic Particles
Spin, s, is the rotation of a particle on its axis, as Earth spins on its axis. The spin of a particle is also called intrinsic angular momentum. Angular momentum is moment...
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Particle Spin
By the early 1920s, scientists had developed a reasonably satisfactory model of the atom. That model required three quantum numbers in order to explain the location and properties of the...
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