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(a)
To explain: Whether the peaks in the outcome of Stern-Gerlach experiment represent different values of the atom’s total
Introduction: The Stern-Gerlach experiment shows that the spatial orientation of angular momentum is quantized.
(b)
The angular momentum quantum number which characterize the peaks.
Introduction: The Stern-Gerlach experiment shows that the spatial orientation of angular momentum is quantized and spin angular momentum quantum number is the angular momentum about its own axis.
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