Am I right in understanding that individual atoms have a magnetic field? If so, does it have anything to do with charge and spin?

Randy P2017-06-29T23:43:33Z

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"Spin" is by definition the magnetic moment of the individual particle. So it has everything to do with spin.

A material which is magnetized has the spins of the electrons lined up so they add up to a larger total magnetic field. In a non-magnetized material, the spins are randomly oriented so they cancel each other out.

Andrew Smith2017-06-29T23:31:53Z

In the simplest terms imagine a hydrogen atom with an electron going around the nucleus.
Imagine that instead of orbiting in all planes it was like the earth where the electron only orbited in a single plane.
You would have a current ( electron) moving in a circular path ( a coil) generating a magnetic field.

Now this is an oversimplification but it shows that if there is any assymetry in the orbits of electrons the magnetic fields will not cancel to zero.

Mark2017-06-29T23:18:50Z

Yes---speaking simply, the movement of the electron generates a magnetic moment and field.

?2017-06-29T23:14:03Z

https://phys.org/news/2014-05-exploring-magnetism-atom.html