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sandesh1

is it "mvr"

OR

is it h/2

rohitkuruvila

rohitkuruvila

i feel both are right

mur=n h/2

rohitkuruvila

but if you want the answer strictly for h/2

,then the more correct answer is mur

krishna.gopal

Its something else. You can's say that angular momentum of a body is this because it is always relative to a point. We can say that angular momentum of a body P about a point O is m(OP)*vp where m is mass of body OP is position vector of P wrt O and v is velocity vector of P and * is vector cross product.
It is equal to mvr if OP = r and velocity vector are perpendicular to each other. (Which is a special case but may not be always true)
For an electron in first orbit of hydrogen like atom, angular momentum of electron wrt nucleus is equal to h/(2pi)

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