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What is meant by the magnetic moment of hydrogen..? Why magnetic moment of ortho hydrogen is just double than that of para hydrogen...??

What is meant by  the magnetic moment of hydrogen..? Why magnetic moment of ortho hydrogen is just double than that of para hydrogen...??

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Arun
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The magnetic moment of the hydrogen atom has been investigated by the atomic ray method introduced by Stern and Gerlach. Atomic hydrogen formed in a discharge tube by the method of R. W. Wood was first used. The ray was formed in a special all-glass slit system of three slits sealed to the discharge tube. The ray was detected by the reduction resulting on contact with a target coated with molybdenum trioxide. A sharply defined blue line against a white background was the result. In the magnetic field the ray was separated into two branching rays. There was also evidence of a central underviated ray which is believed to be due to hydrogen active chemically but probably not in the atomic state. From a measurement of the deflection the magnetic moment of the hydrogen atom was calculated to be one Bohr magneton within the limits of experimental error. This result is of interest because of the questions raised by the new quantum mechanics of Heisenberg, Born, and Jordan, and by the spinning electron theory of Uhlenbeck and Goudsmit. Atomic hydrogen formed by the hot filament method of Langmuir was next used. The increased velocity of the atoms in this case resulted in less separation of the ray, but a deflection was distinctly recorded. Finally, the product formed on exposing a mixture of mercury vapor and hydrogen to ultra-violet light was investigated. This is believed by Cario and Franck, Taylor, and others to be atomic hydrogen. 

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