Magnetic Moments of the Alkali Metal Atoms

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Abstract
The work of Stern and Gerlach in which they determined the magnetic moments of certain atoms and at the same time furnished direct evidence of the theory of space quantization, by deflection of rays of the atoms in an inhomogeneous magnetic field, has been repeated for silver atoms. A simplified apparatus is described, using a silver plated tungsten coil as source of atoms, rather than the furnace used by Stern and Gerlach, which gives trouble in outgassing.