An Electron Shot into a Chamber

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Q. In a chamber, a uniform magnetic field of 6.5 G $B = 6.5$ G is maintained. An electron is shot $q = e$ into the field with a speed of 4.8 × 10⁶ m/s $v = 4.8 \times 10^{6}$ m/s normal to the field. Determine the radius of the circular orbit, in cm? (mₑ = 9.1 × 10⁻³¹ kg $m = 9.1 \times 10^{−31}$ kg)

Inputs

field

B

6.5 G

speed

v

4800000.0 m/s

mass

m

9.1e-31 kg

Outputs

radius

r

How it's solved

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Given

$B = 6.5$ G
$v = 4.8 \times 10^{6}$ m/s
$m = 9.1 \times 10^{−31}$ kg
$q = e$ from “An electron is shot”

Find $r$ .

Working

$B = 6.5$ G $= 6.5 \times 10^{−4}$ T
An electron is shot $q = e$
$q = 1.60217663 \times 10^{−19}$
$q = 1.60217663 \times 10^{−19}$ C
a charge circles in a field(electron) $r = \frac{m \cdot v}{q \cdot B}$
$r = \frac{9.1 \times 10^{−31} \cdot 4.8 \times 10^{6}}{1.60217663 \times 10^{−19} \cdot 6.5 \times 10^{−4}}$
$r = 4.194$ cm
$r = 0.041942941$ m $= 4.1942941$ cm
$r \approx 4.2$ cmto 2 significant figures

Conclusion

The magnetic force is always square across the electron's motion, so it turns the electron without speeding it up, round a circle.

The web of concepts

given read from the words equation asked

The Ruby that solves it

The question and its solution are small Ruby files. The engine runs them.

question.rb

1require_relative "../physics"23question :an_electron_shot_into_a_chamber do4  kind :numerical5  describes "In a chamber, a uniform magnetic field of %{field} is maintained. An electron is shot into the field " \6            "with a speed of %{speed} normal to the field. %{radius}, in cm? (mₑ = %{mass})"7  given field: "6.5 G"8  given speed: "4.8e6 m/s"9  given mass: "9.1e-31 kg"10  asks radius: "Determine the radius of the circular orbit"11end

solution.rb

1require_relative "../questions/an_electron_shot_into_a_chamber"2require_relative "../science/moving_charges_and_magnetism/magnetic_force"34solve :an_electron_shot_into_a_chamber, using: MagneticForce do5  objects :electron67  take field: B8  take speed: electron.speed9  take mass: electron.mass1011  deduce_from "An electron is shot", electron.charge => e1213  radius = electron.radius_of_the_path14  answer radius:, in: "cm", figures: 21516  conclusion "The magnetic force is always square across the electron's motion, so it turns the electron without " \17             "speeding it up, round a circle."18end

playground.rb

1require_relative "../solutions/an_electron_shot_into_a_chamber"23play_with :an_electron_shot_into_a_chamber do4  title "An Electron Shot into a Chamber"5end

The laws it drew on

quantity	written	units	within	from
pi	$π$	—	0 … ∞	MagneticForce
elementary charge	$e$	C	—	MagneticForce
gravity	$g$	m/s²	—	MagneticForce
magnetic field	$B$	T	—	MagneticForce
mass	$m$	kg	0 … ∞	MagneticForce
charge	$q$	C	—	MagneticForce
speed	$v$	m/s	—	MagneticForce
current	$I$	A	—	MagneticForce
length in the field	$l$	m	—	MagneticForce
force on a wire	$F$	N	—	MagneticForce
force per length	$f$	N/m	—	MagneticForce
radius of the path	$r$	m	—	MagneticForce
angle to the field	$θ$	—	0 … 3.142	MagneticForce
frequency of revolution	$ν$	Hz	—	MagneticForce
force on a wire on ground	$F_{g}$	N	—
current of ground	$I_{g}$	A	—
length in the field of ground	$l_{g}$	m	—
force on a wire on electron	$F$	N	—
current of electron	$I$	A	—
length in the field of electron	$l$	m	—
force per length on ground	$f_{g}$	N/m	—
angle to the field of ground	$θ_{g}$	—	0 … 3.142
force per length on electron	$f$	N/m	—
angle to the field of electron	$θ$	—	0 … 3.142
radius of the path of ground	$r_{g}$	m	—
mass of ground	$m_{g}$	kg	0 … ∞
speed of ground	$v_{g}$	m/s	—
charge of ground	$q_{g}$	C	—
radius of the path of electron	$r$	m	—
mass of electron	$m$	kg	0 … ∞
speed of electron	$v$	m/s	—
charge of electron	$q$	C	—
frequency of revolution of ground	$ν_{g}$	Hz	—
frequency of revolution of electron	$ν$	Hz	—

F_{w} = I_{w} \cdot l_{w} \cdot B

force on a wire across a field

f_{w} = I_{w} \cdot B \cdot \sin θ_{w}

force on each metre of wire

r_{c} = \frac{m_{c} \cdot v_{c}}{q_{c} \cdot B}

a charge circles in a field

v_{c} = 2 \cdot π \cdot r_{c} \cdot ν_{c}

once round the circle

F_{g} = I_{g} \cdot l_{g} \cdot B

force on a wire across a field(ground)

F = I \cdot l \cdot B

force on a wire across a field(electron)

f_{g} = I_{g} \cdot B \cdot \sin θ_{g}

force on each metre of wire(ground)

f = I \cdot B \cdot \sin θ

force on each metre of wire(electron)

r_{g} = \frac{m_{g} \cdot v_{g}}{q_{g} \cdot B}

a charge circles in a field(ground)

r = \frac{m \cdot v}{q \cdot B}

a charge circles in a field(electron)

v_{g} = 2 \cdot π \cdot r_{g} \cdot ν_{g}

once round the circle(ground)

v = 2 \cdot π \cdot r \cdot ν

once round the circle(electron)

q = e

An electron is shot