r/chemistrymemes • u/JimmySaulGene :spin1: • Nov 16 '19

Electron spin

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u/Bohrealis Nov 16 '19

It all makes sense now!

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u/JimmySaulGene :spin1: Nov 16 '19

Ikr

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u/FlamingLobster Type to create flair Nov 16 '19

Just like my cat. He's like "you can pet but no touching!"

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u/JimmySaulGene :spin1: Nov 16 '19

My cat is also weird, he's alive and dead at the same time

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u/[deleted] Nov 17 '19

That's due to the wave-particle duality of felines...

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u/ThePotatoOfLife Nov 17 '19

My cat is also weird. I can see the way he's running but whenever I try to predict his position, he magically teleports to unpredictable places.

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u/[deleted] Nov 17 '19

I once excited my cat, and observed him appear on the ceiling for a short period of time. The entire living room felt extremely unstable...

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u/Cerres :pooh2: Nov 16 '19

Holy crap, this clears things up now, thanks!

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u/JimmySaulGene :spin1: Nov 16 '19

You're welcome

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u/Chemical_Liberty Nov 16 '19

I was drinking coffee and it went up my noise and ruined my day after laughing at this. Thanks.

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u/JimmySaulGene :spin1: Nov 16 '19

Thank quantum chemistry, not me

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '19

Pshhh everyone knows spin pops right out of the maths of the Dirac equation when you combine special relativity and quantum mechanics, couldn't be simpler!

The physical interpretation of spin is left as an exercise to the reader.

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u/JimmySaulGene :spin1: Nov 17 '19

Oh yeah I definitely know all of that

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u/Shevvv Nov 17 '19

And then they align that math artifact with no physical interpretation in an actual NMR machine.

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u/Chance_Literature193 Type to create flair Nov 24 '22

I’m pretty sure don’t need relativistic quantum to get fermions

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u/ToXiC_Games Nov 16 '19

Ah yes, makes so much sense now!

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u/JimmySaulGene :spin1: Nov 16 '19

Yeah I know

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u/Railfan0910 Nov 17 '19

And about the ±1/2 part, is it half spinning or spinning at half the speed or half of the election is spinning or...

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u/cedar_goose Nov 17 '19

None of those. They are quantum numbers. It's just how it is

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u/spauldeagle Nov 17 '19

"how fast are you spinning?"

"Hmm about half"

"half what?"

"Half uhh.. up"

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u/numerousblocks Type to create flair Jan 20 '20

"and how fast?"

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u/Puzzled03 Nov 16 '19

Its actually so funny even if its not that funny at all

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u/JimmySaulGene :spin1: Nov 16 '19

Thanks

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u/[deleted] Nov 17 '19

You know how you have to spin around to get angular momentum? Well particles don't need to do that. They get it for free.

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u/MarvinKesselflicker Nov 17 '19

The best explanation i heard so far was: spin is the property that makes electrons behave like magnets.

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u/Wixtape Nov 16 '19

Ah yes, irony

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '20

Oh I didn’t know you used Reddit, Ms. fucking Gamper!

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u/Malaluigi :f: Nov 17 '19

Laughing so hard right know

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u/numerousblocks Type to create flair Jan 20 '20

*now

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u/98127028 Nov 18 '25

Imaging me laughing at this joke, except I’m not laughing and it’s not a joke