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    About the unit of Radial wave function R(r) of Hydrogen atom

    one thing you may be forgetting is that the wavefunction itself is not immediately physical- ie any physical quantity will go like R^2 dV. try plotting R^2 r^2 to see the probability density of the electron.
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    Reversible vs. pseudostatic processes

    So, I think the notion of 'pseudostatic' is in the context of a time scale slow relative to the internal dynamics of the system. This is a thermodynamic concept, so you cannot talk about whether changes in magnetic fields are reversible or pseudostatic, because in that case you are presumably...
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    What's the motivation of using silver atoms in the Stern-Gerlach experiment?

    Silver has a single valence electron, so with all the other electrons paired up I think with regard to its interaction with a magnetic field it will appear as a spin 1/2 particle. You might say that since Ag has an atomic number of 47, and thus at least one unpaired proton, it should look...
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