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What is the difference between angular momentum and orbital angular momentum
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Angular momentum can be regarded as the broader term, whereas orbital angular momentum is just a specific type of angular momentum.
In classical physics, there is only angular momentum. It is a conserved quantity that is related to movement, rotations, etc. (without going too much into technicalities).
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