Magnetic moment is a. (a) vector quantity (b) scalar quantity (c) dimensionless quantity (d) none of these
The magnetic moment is a vector quantity accustomed to living the tendency of an object to move with an external field. In NMR, the item of interest is usually a molecule, atom, nucleus, or subatomic particle. The object's intrinsic magnetic properties are usually pictured as emanating from a little bar magnet with north and south poles (the "dipoles") and is therefore also known as the magnetic dipole moment.