spin: Quick Facts

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Facts

Also Known As	spin-angular momentum

Topics

Dirac h total spin angular momentum electron spin quantization axis spin quantum number atom radioactivity magnetic resonance fundamental force atomic weight mole valence atomic radius binding energy atomic mass atomic number

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Maurice Goldhaber

American physicist