space quantization
physics
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angular momentum quantum numbers
- In spectroscopy: Angular momentum quantum numbers
This phenomenon is known as space quantization and was first demonstrated by two German physicists, Otto Stern and Walther Gerlach.
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Stern-Gerlach experiment
- In Stern-Gerlach experiment
This restricted orientation, called space quantization, is manifested by other atoms and subatomic particles that have nonzero spin (angular momentum), with its associated magnetic polarity, whenever they are subjected to an appropriate nonuniform magnetic field.
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