Orbital Angular Momentum
When quantum mechanics refers to the orbital angular momentum of an electron, it is generally referring to the spatial wave equation that represents the electron's motion around the nucleus of an atom. Electrons do not "orbit" the nucleus in the classical sense of angular momentum, however the mathematical representation of still leads to the quantum mechanical version of angular momentum. Just as in classical mechanics, the law of conservation of angular momentum still holds.
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