NEET AIPMT SOLVED PAPER SCREENING 2007

  • question_answer
                    In a mass spectrometer used for measuring the masses of ions, the ions are initially accelerated by an electric potential V and then made to describe semicircular paths of radius R using a magnetic field B. If V and B are kept constant, the ratio \[\left( \frac{ch\arg e\,on\,the\,ion}{mass\,of\,the\,ion} \right)\]will be proportional to:                         

    A)                  \[\frac{1}{R}\]                 

    B)                  \[\frac{1}{{{R}^{2}}}\]  

    C)                 \[{{R}^{2}}\]

    D)                  R

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

                              Key Idea: Centripetal force is provided by the magnetic force qvB.                 The radius of the orbit in which ions moving is determined by the relation as given below.                 \[\frac{m{{v}^{2}}}{R}=qvB\]                 where m is the mass, v is velocity, q is charge of ion and B is die flux density of the magnetic field, so that qvB is the magnetic force acting on the ion, and \[\frac{m{{v}^{2}}}{R}\]is the centripetal force on the ion moving in a curved path of radius R.                 The angular frequency of rotation of the ions about the vertical field B is given by                 \[\omega =\frac{v}{R}=\frac{qB}{m}=2\pi v\]                 where v is frequency.                 Energy of ion is given by                 \[E=\frac{1}{2}\,m{{v}^{2}}=\frac{1}{2}m{{(R\omega )}^{2}}\]                 \[=\frac{1}{2}\,m{{R}^{2}}{{B}^{2}}\frac{{{q}^{2}}}{{{m}^{2}}}\]                 \[orE=\frac{1}{2}\,\frac{{{R}^{2}}\,{{B}^{2}}\,{{q}^{2}}}{m}....(i)\]                 If ions are accelerated by electric potential V, then energy attained by ions                 E = qV                                   ....(ii)                 From Eqs. (i) and (ii), we get                 \[qV=\frac{1}{2}\,\frac{{{R}^{2}}{{B}^{2}}{{q}^{2}}}{m}\]                 \[or\frac{q}{m}=\frac{2V}{{{R}^{2}}{{B}^{2}}}\]                 If V and B are kept constant, then                 \[\frac{q}{m}\propto \frac{1}{{{R}^{2}}}\]


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