A proton starting from rest travels through a potential of 1.0 kV and then moves into a uniform 0.040-T magnetic field directed perpendicular to the path of the proton. What is the radius of the proton’s resulting orbit?

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Answer:

0.114m

Explanation:

From the general expression for the radius of the proton's resulting orbit, we have

[tex]r=\frac{mv}{qB}[/tex]

where q is is the charge of the proton [tex]1.6*10^{-19}C[/tex]

m is the mass of the proton  [tex]1.67*10^{-27}kg[/tex]

B is the magnetic field  [tex]0.040T[/tex]

and v i the speed.

to determine the speed, we use the expression

Kinetic Energy=[tex]qV[/tex]

[tex]1/2mv^{2}=qV[/tex]

where V  is the voltage value i.e 1.0kv

and v is the speed

Hence, from simple rearrangement we have the speed v to be

[tex]v=\sqrt{\frac{2Vq}{m}} \\[/tex]

if we substitute value, we have

[tex]v=\sqrt{\frac{2*1000*1.6*10^{-19} }{1.67*10^{-27}}} \\[/tex]

carrying out careful arithmetic we arrive at

[tex]v=4.38*10^{5} m/s[/tex].

using the value for the speed in the expression for the radius of the orbit as stated earlier, we have

[tex]r=\frac{1.67*10^{-27}*4.38*10^{5}}{1.6*10^{-19}*0.04} \\[/tex]

[tex]r=0.114m[/tex]