Stern-Gerlach Experiment

Claimed by Hunter Legerton

In 1922, German physicists Otto Stern and Walther Gerlach sent silver atoms through a non-uniform magnetic field into a detector screen. Based on their understanding of the orientation of magnetic dipoles, Stern and Gerlach expected the atoms to be deflected varying amounts, creating an even range of impacts on the detector screen. However, the atoms were deflected either up or down to two points of accumulation. This experiment, now known as the Stern-Gerlach Experiment, demonstrated angular momentum quantization and the quantum property spin.

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