Ortho and para hydrogen differ in

JEE Main Chemistry question

Not in JEE Main or NEET syllabus

and hydrogen differ in

(A)Nuclear charge
(B)Nuclear reaction
(C)Electron spin
(D)Proton spinCorrect

Answer: (D)

Solution

Ortho- and para-hydrogen are nuclear-spin isomers that differ only in the relative orientation of the two nuclear (proton) spins — parallel in ortho-, antiparallel in para-hydrogen. Both forms have identical

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