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Problem 17

A 150-g ball containing 4.00 \(\times\) 10\(^8\) excess electrons is dropped into a 125-m vertical shaft. At the bottom of the shaft, the ball suddenly enters a uniform horizontal magnetic field that has magnitude 0.250 T and direction from east to west. If air resistance is negligibly small, find the magnitude and direction of the force that this magnetic field exerts on the ball just as it enters the field.

Problem 18

An alpha particle (a He nucleus, containing two protons and two neutrons and having a mass of 6.64 \(\times\) 10\(^{-27}\) kg) traveling horizontally at 35.6 km>s enters a uniform, vertical, 1.80-T magnetic field. (a) What is the diameter of the path followed by this alpha particle? (b) What effect does the magnetic field have on the speed of the particle? (c) What are the magnitude and direction of the acceleration of the alpha particle while it is in the magnetic field? (d) Explain why the speed of the particle does not change even though an unbalanced external force acts on it.

Problem 20

Cyclotrons are widely used in nuclear medicine for producing short-lived radioactive isotopes. These cyclotrons typically accelerate H\(^-\) (the \(hydride\) ion, which has one proton and two electrons) to an energy of 5 MeV to 20 MeV. This ion has a mass very close to that of a proton because the electron mass is negligible-about \\(\frac{1}{2000}\\) of the proton's mass. A typical magnetic field in such cyclotrons is 1.9 T. (a) What is the speed of a 5.0-MeV H\(^-\)? (b) If the H\(^-\) has energy 5.0 MeV and \(B =\) 1.9 T, what is the radius of this ion's circular orbit?

Problem 21

A deuteron (the nucleus of an isotope of hydrogen) has a mass of 3.34 \(\times\) 10\(^{-27}\) kg and a charge of \(+e\). The deuteron travels in a circular path with a radius of 6.96 mm in a magnetic field with magnitude 2.50 T. (a) Find the speed of the deuteron. (b) Find the time required for it to make half a revolution. (c) Through what potential difference would the deuteron have to be accelerated to acquire this speed?

Problem 22

In a cyclotron, the orbital radius of protons with energy 300 keV is 16.0 cm. You are redesigning the cyclotron to be used instead for alpha particles with energy 300 keV. An alpha particle has charge \(q =\) +2\(e\) and mass \(m =\) 6.64 \(\times\) 10\(^{-27}\) kg. If the magnetic field isn't changed, what will be the orbital radius of the alpha particles?

Problem 23

An electron in the beam of a cathode-ray tube is accelerated by a potential difference of 2.00 kV. Then it passes through a region of transverse magnetic field, where it moves in a circular arc with radius 0.180 m. What is the magnitude of the field?

Problem 25

A proton (\(q\) = 1.60 \(\times\) 10\(^{-19}\) C, \(m =\) 1.67 \(\times\) 10\(^{-27}\) kg) moves in a uniform magnetic field \(\overrightarrow{B} =\) (0.500 T)\(\hat{\imath}\). At \(t =\) 0 the proton has velocity components \(\upsilon_x =\) 1.50 \(\times\) 10\(^5\) m/s, \(\upsilon_y =\) 0, and \(\upsilon_z =\) 2.00 \(\times\) 10\(^5\) m/s (see Example 27.4). (a) What are the magnitude and direction of the magnetic force acting on the proton? In addition to the magnetic field there is a uniform electric field in the +\(x\)-direction, \(\overrightarrow{E} =\) (+2.00 \(\times\) 10\(^4\) V/m)\(\hat{\imath}\). (b) Will the proton have a component of acceleration in the direction of the electric field? (c) Describe the path of the proton. Does the electric field affect the radius of the helix? Explain. (d) At \(t =\) \(T\)/2, where T is the period of the circular motion of the proton, what is the \(x\)-component of the displacement of the proton from its position at \(t =\) 0?

Problem 26

A singly charged ion of \(^7\)Li (an isotope of lithium) has a mass of 1.16 \(\times\) 10\(^{-26}\) kg. It is accelerated through a potential difference of 220 V and then enters a magnetic field with magnitude 0.874 T perpendicular to the path of the ion. What is the radius of the ion's path in the magnetic field?

Problem 27

A particle with initial velocity \(\vec{v}$$_0 =\) (5.85 \(\times\) 10\(^3\)m/s)\(\hat{\jmath}\) enters a region of uniform electric and magnetic fields. The magnetic field in the region is \(\overrightarrow{B} =\) - (1.35 T)\(\hat{k}\). Calculate the magnitude and direction of the electric field in the region if the particle is to pass through undeflected, for a particle of charge (a) +0.640 nC and (b) -0.320 nC. You can ignore the weight of the particle.

Problem 28

(a) What is the speed of a beam of electrons when the simultaneous influence of an electric field of 1.56 \(\times\) 10\(^4\) V/m and a magnetic field of 4.62 \(\times\) 10\(^{-3}\) T, with both fields normal to the beam and to each other, produces no deflection of the electrons? (b) In a diagram, show the relative orientation of the vectors \(\vec{v}\), \(\overrightarrow{E}\), and \(\overrightarrow{B}\). (c) When the electric field is removed, what is the radius of the electron orbit? What is the period of the orbit?

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