# \#superposition

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## [Stern-Gerlach Experiment and the Discovery of Spin](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/stern-gerlach-experiment-and-the-discovery-of-spin/2942)

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**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\
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**Last updated:** [25 March 2023 14:27 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/stern-gerlach-experiment-and-the-discovery-of-spin/2942 "2023-03-25T14:27:02Z")

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The Stern-Gerlach experiment, with results published in 1922, discovered that uncharged silver atoms passing through an inhomogeneous magnetic field would be deflected in two discrete directions depending u…