H2P-420

Deflection of charged beams

H2 Physics · JC 2 · Hard · Deflection of charged beams

A singly charged ion of charge

+1.6\times10^{-19}\,\text{C}

moves at

2.0\times10^{6}\,\text{m s}^{-1}

perpendicular to a uniform magnetic field of flux density

0.050\,\text{T}

. What is the radius of its circular path? Use

r = mv/(Bq)

and take the ion mass as

3.3\times10^{-26}\,\text{kg}

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