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Curious Cat
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- I wrote a little (computer) program to fill in the atomic electron
configuration one electron at a time, for children, and it got me
thinking, about this.
What is the quantum spin of the valence electron in the silver atom in
the furnace in the Stern-Gerlach experiment?
. Up, down, at random, alternating, in a (quantum) superposition (of
both), or none? Does it even have/get one until it's measured/observed
/needed?
. Does the second electron, in an orbital, have to have the opposite
spin to start, with, or is it made to conform?
the furnace in the Stern-Gerlach experiment?
. Up, down, at random, alternating, in a (quantum) superposition (of
both), or none? Does it even have/get one until it's measured/observed
/needed?
. Does the second electron, in an orbital, have to have the opposite
spin to start, with, or is it made to conform?