Explain Spin Quantum Numbers......
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The spin quantum no. “s” explains the direction of each electron in an specific orbital.
We know that, one orbital can have a maximum of two electrons and if we put two electrons together , they must have repulsion and so to overcome this repulsion, they tend to be suspended in opposite directions as one is clockwise and other is anti clockwise which is called as the spin of the electron , so for each electron there may be one spin quantum no. as, +1/2 or -1/2 depending on the direction of the spin.
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The spin quantum number is the fourth quantum number, denoted by s or ms. The spin quantum number indicates the orientation of the intrinsic angular momentum of an electron in an atom. It describes the quantum state of an electron, including its energy, orbital shape, and orbital orientation.
The only possible values of a spin quantum number are +½ or -½ (sometimes referred to as 'spin up' and 'spin down'). The value of spin is a quantum state, not something so easily understood as the direction in which an electron spins!