[6] A mass spectrometer, sketched below, is a device used to separate different

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[6] A mass spectrometer, sketched below, is a device used to separate different ions. Such ions with a well-defined velocity vo enter through a slit into a region of uniform magnetic field B, where they follow a semicircular path until they strike the detector slit above the entry slit. The distance between the entry and the detector slit is d1.10 m detector slt 27 a) Chlorine ions of mass 35 amu (1 amu equals 1.66x10" kg), carrying a charge of+1e enter the spectrometer with initial speed of vo 3.50x10 m/s. What value of B is required for these ions to hit the detector? b) Equally charged chlorine ions of mass 37 amu now enter the spectrometer. How close to the detector slit will they impact?

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from the given data

d = 1.10 m

r = d/2 = 1.1/2 = 0.55 m
m = 35*1.66*10^-27 kg
vo = 3.5*10^5 m/s
B = ?

a) we know, r = m*v/(B*q)

B = m*v/(q*r)

= 35*1.66*10^-27*3.5*10^5/(1.6*10^-19*0.55)

= 0.231 T <<<<<<<------------Answer

b) diameter of the path followed by Cl-37,

d' = d*37/35

= 1.1*37/35

= 1.163 m

so distance between detector and cloride ions of mass 37 amu = d' - d

= 1.163 - 1.1

= 0.063 m or 6.3 cm <<<<<<<------------Answer

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