In reply to Terry Blanton's message of Sat, 23 Mar 2013 18:33:44 -0400: Hi, [snip] >On Sat, Mar 23, 2013 at 5:52 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> This is due to the fact that an electron undergoing translational motion >> creates >> a magnetic field. It isn't an indication that the electron is rotating on >> it's >> own axis, and thus has an intrinsic magnetic field. > >Okay, but the free electron still has spin and a magnetic moment. > >http://www.chemistry.mcmaster.ca/esam/Chapter_4/section_2.html
An electron in an s orbital is not *free*. > >http://prd.aps.org/abstract/PRD/v3/i8/p1728_1 > >There are many experiments which have demonstrated this. This is behind a pay-wall, but I get the impression that it's a theoretical paper, not an experimental one. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
