Stern-Gerlach Experiment

Entry Information

Title:

Series:

PhET Interactive Simulations

Developer:

PhET Development Team

Publisher:

PhET Interactive Simulations

Source:

phet.colorado.edu

Library:

Games

Tags:

Educational
Simulation

Platform:

Flash

Play Mode:

Single Player

Status:

Playable

Language:

English

Date Added:

3/31/2020, 1:05:18 AM

Date Modified:

11/14/2023, 11:46:27 PM

Original Description:

The classic Stern-Gerlach Experiment shows that atoms have a property called spin. Spin is a kind of intrinsic angular momentum, which has no classical counterpart. When the z-component of the spin is measured, one always gets one of two values: spin up or spin down.

Application Path:

FPSoftware\Flash\flashplayer9r277_win_sa.exe

Launch Command:

http://phet.colorado.edu/sims/stern-gerlach/stern-gerlach.swf

ID:

3baf2cec-84cc-4562-96ec-f4a75bb95831