Are the magnetic quantum number and angular momentum of an electron related to each other? Explain.

Explanation

Magnetic quantum number represents the spatial orientation of the electrons that belong to same main and subenergy levels. Angular momentum is fixed for the orbitals associated with same 'n' and 'l' values. The degeneracy of the orbit- als gets disturbed by applying externl magnetic field or electric field due to the change in angular momentum. Since the electrons are moving charged particles, they have their own magnetic field that has a particular direction and the direc-tion of the magnetic field is different for different orbitals belonging to the same main and suben-ergy levels. Hence, the influence of the external magnetic or electric field is also different for different orbitals, which, in turn, changes the angu- lar momentum of the electrons and their degen-eracy gets lost.