JIPMER Jipmer Medical Solved Paper-2009

  • 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\[\left( \frac{\text{charge}\,\text{on}\,\text{the}\,\text{ion}}{\text{mass}\,\text{of}\,\text{the}\,\text{ion}} \right)\]will be proportional to

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

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

    C)  \[{{R}^{2}}\]                     

    D)         \[R\]  

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    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 the 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 ions 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 \[E=\frac{1}{2}m{{v}^{2}}\]    \[=\frac{1}{2}m{{(R\omega )}^{2}}\]    \[=\frac{1}{2}m{{R}^{2}}{{B}^{2}}\frac{{{q}^{2}}}{{{m}^{2}}}\] or            \[E=\frac{1}{2}\frac{{{R}^{2}}{{B}^{2}}{{q}^{2}}}{m}\]                                     ?(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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