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Grade 12th passPhysical Chemistry

How spin of an electronic explains splitting of spectrum

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7 Years agoGrade 12th pass
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7 Years ago
The Zeeman effect is thesplittingof aspectralline by a magnetic field.The Zeeman effect is thesplittingof thespectral linesof an atom in the presence of a strong magnetic field. The effect is due to the distortion of the electron orbitals because of the magnetic field.