What Is Electron Spin?
Electron spin can be a tricky and abstract concept - think of electrons like tiny spinning balls – except in quantum mechanics, that spin has real consequences!
We’ll cover:
• What electron spin means and how it's represented (↑ and ↓)
• Why we call it “spin up” and “spin down”
• How spinning charged particles behave like tiny magnets
• Why opposite spins allow two electrons to share the same orbital
• How this leads to the rules for filling orbitals in atoms
Whether you're revising for an exam or just curious about the weird world of quantum mechanics, this is a great place to start.
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• Atomic Orbitals (A-Level IB Chemistry)
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