RAJASTHAN PMT Rajasthan - PMT Solved Paper-2008

  • 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 :

    Key Idea Centripetal force is provided by of 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 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 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                 \[E=\frac{1}{2}m{{v}^{2}}\]                     \[=\frac{1}{2}m{{(R\omega )}^{2}}\]                     \[=\frac{1}{2}m{{R}^{2}}{{B}^{2}}\frac{{{q}^{2}}}{{{m}^{2}}}\] 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                 \[qV=\frac{1}{2}\frac{{{R}^{2}}{{B}^{2}}{{q}^{2}}}{m}\] If \[V\] and \[B\] are kept constant, then                 \[\frac{q}{m}\propto \frac{1}{{{R}^{2}}}\]


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