Descriptions and illustrations of the magnetic moments of atoms by textbook.
Category | Content | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
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Description | Magnetic moment produced by the orbital motion of the electrons | O | O | O | O | O | O | X | O |
Canceling magnetic moment produced by the orbital motion | O | X | X | O | X | X | X | O | |
Spin magnetic moment | O | O | X | O | O | O | X | O | |
Canceling magnetic moment in the opposite spin | O | O | X | O | X | O | X | O | |
The electron is not physically spinning | ▲ | ▲ | X | ▲ | O | ▲ | X | X | |
Illustration | Orbital magnetic moment | O | O | O | O | O | O | X | O |
Spin magnetic moment | O | O | X | O | O | ▲ | X | O |