Problem C4:
The figure above shows a mass spectrometer. There is a uniform magnetic field
B which points out of the screen. A molecule, with a charge of
n1e, enters the region with a speed v. The molecule has
a mass of m0. After traveling in a semi circle, the molecule hits
the same side of the spectrometer that it entered. If the magnetic field has
a strength of B=B0/n2, what is the time t that the molecule
travels before it hits the side? If the time t is equal to
t = π f(e,m0,B0)/n3? What is n3?
Here, the function f(e,m0,B0) is the combination of these
three values in the metric system that give units of time in seconds.
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