as the spin magnetic quantum number or as the -component of spin .

Both the total spin and the z-component of spin are quantized, leading to two quantum numbers spin and spin magnet quantum numbers. The (total) spin quantum number has only one value for every elementary particle. Some introductory chemistry textbooks describe as the spin quantum number, and is not mentioned since its value is a fixed property of the electron; some even use the variable in place of .

The two spin quantum numbers and are the spin angular

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