magneton

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A measure of how strongly an atom or particle behaves like a magnet

noun
/ˈmæɡnɪtən/

Specialized

: magnetón

Bohr magneton

Examples

So this is the value of the Bohr magneton and the Bohr magneton is the unit also of our magnetic moment.
The magnetic moment is nonetheless very nearly one Bohr magneton, by virtue of the Thomas factor of two, not recognized until 1926.

Academic text (2003)
The Zamon Hamiltonian is the Bohr magneton times LZ.
In 1920, by carrying out a statistical average over the projection quantum numbers, he concluded that the net effective atomic moment should indeed be much smaller than the Bohr magneton.

Academic text (2003)
If one supposes that the Bohr magneton and all magnetic moments are fixed so that only a can vary, then either of the frequency ratios given above can be used to probe for changes in a.

Academic text (2004)
Its mass m was 1/1845 that of the hydrogen atom, (n8) and it had a magnetic moment indistinguishable from eh/Phi m = Mu B, the Bohr magneton.

Academic text (1997)
The scientist used a magneton to measure the magnetic moment of the atom.
In our experiments, we calculated the magneton values for several molecules.
Understanding the magneton is crucial for studying magnetic properties in physics.

Surface Forms

magneton singular

magnetons plural

Morphology

magneton = magnet (semi-transparent) = magnet + on

Formed from 'magnet' + the particle-forming suffix '-on'; the formal relation is clear but the specific technical sense ('a unit of magnetic moment' rather than a particle) is specialized and not obvious to general learners.

Etymology

Magneton comes from magnet, originally a 'stone that attracts iron', and the ending -on, the same ending in electron and proton used for tiny particles. So a magneton is a small particle-related unit used to measure an atom's or particle's 'magnetic moment', that is, how strong its magnetism is.