Friday, January 20, 2012

Different charged particles travel in circles within a magnetic field. What can you conclude about the particl?

Different charged particles travel in circles within a magnetic field. What can you conclude about the particles from the radius of their circular paths? (You may assume they all have the velocity.)Different charged particles travel in circles within a magnetic field. What can you conclude about the particl?The radii of their paths is directly related to their mass.



You can equate magnetic force to centripetal force



Fm = qvBsin(theta)

Fc = mv^2/r



We can for this sake assume the magnetic field is perpendicular to the motion of the particle so that trigonometric function goes away...



qvB = mv^2 / r



qBr / v = m
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