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Also Known As	spin-angular momentum

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quantization axis total spin angular momentum electron spin Dirac h spin quantum number atom radioactivity magnetic resonance fundamental force atomic weight mole valence atomic radius binding energy atomic mass quantum number

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Maurice Goldhaber

American physicist