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01/10/2020 1:38 pm
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Assertion: Spin quantum number can have two values, +1/2 and - 1/2.
Reason: + and – signs signify the positive and negative wave functions.
(a) If both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion.
(b) If both Assertion and Reason are correct, but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion.
(c) If Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect.
(d) If both the Assertion and Reason are incorrect.
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01/10/2020 1:39 pm
(c) If Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect.
Explanation:
Plus and minus signs of spin quantum numbers imply that spin angular momentum of the electron, a vector quantity, acts in the same or opposite directions of orbital angular momentum.