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Question:

What is the ratio of Bohr magneton to the nuclear magneton?

memp

mp/me

m2p/m2e

1

Solution:

Bohr magneton is a physical quantity and a unit for expressing the magnetic moment of an electron caused by its orbital or spin angular momentum. μB=eħ/2me Similarly, the nuclear magneton is used to express the same for nucleons. Thus μN=eħ/2mp ⇒ μB/μN=mp/me