Dear sir,
Can you please tell me that why the values of spin quantum number is +1/2 and -1/2 and not anything else like +1 and -1 ?
Thanks.
Anand Singh
15 Years agoGrade 12th Pass
1 Answer
Ritvik Gautam
15 Years ago
This is because, we represent a orbital with number 1. In each orbital there are two electrons revolving with opposite direction. So, we use +1/2 and -1/2 to represent the two constituent parts of an orbital.