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Chemistry · Glossary

What is Spin-orbital?

Definition 2.1 University Chemistry — Year 3 · Chapter 2 — Many-Electron Atoms and Term Symbols

A spin-orbital is the product of a spatial orbital ϕ(r)\phi(\mathbf r) and a spin function: ϕα\phi\alpha or ϕβ\phi\beta. A spin-orbital holds the complete description of one electron.

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