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    5.1.2 Worksheet 2

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    The document contains multiple physics problems related to forces on current-carrying wires and charged particles in magnetic fields. It includes calculating forces, directions of forces, radii of circular paths, speeds, and times for electrons and protons moving in uniform magnetic fields. It also contains a problem about the magnetic field strength needed for a velocity selector.

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    The document contains multiple physics problems related to forces on current-carrying wires and charged particles in magnetic fields. It includes calculating forces, directions of forces, radii of circular paths, speeds, and times for electrons and protons moving in uniform magnetic fields. It also contains a problem about the magnetic field strength needed for a velocity selector.

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    5.1.2 Worksheet 2

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    The document contains multiple physics problems related to forces on current-carrying wires and charged particles in magnetic fields. It includes calculating forces, directions of forces, radii of circular paths, speeds, and times for electrons and protons moving in uniform magnetic fields. It also contains a problem about the magnetic field strength needed for a velocity selector.

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    9 Worksheet 2

    elementary charge e = 1.6 1019 C


    mass of electron = 9.1 1031 kg

    Intermediate level
    1

    4
    5

    A current-carrying wire is placed in a uniform magnetic field.


    a When does the wire experience the maximum force due to the magnetic field?
    b When does the current-carrying wire experience no force due to the magnetic field?
    A 4.0 cm long conductor carrying a current of 3.0 A is placed in a uniform magnetic field
    of flux density 50 mT. In each of a, b and c below, determine the size of the force acting
    on the conductor.
    a
    b
    c

    [1]
    [1]

    [6]

    A copper wire carrying a current of 1.2 A


    has 3.0 cm of its length placed in a uniform
    magnetic field. The force experienced by
    the wire is 3.8 103 N when the angle
    between the wire and the magnetic field
    is 50.

    a Calculate the magnetic field strength.


    b What is the direction of the force experienced by the wire?

    [3]
    [1]

    Calculate the force experienced by an electron travelling at a velocity of 4.0 106 m s1


    at right-angles to a magnetic field of magnetic flux density 0.18 T.

    [3]

    The diagram shows an electron moving at a


    constant speed of 8.0 106 m s1 in a plane
    perpendicular to a uniform magnetic field
    of magnetic flux density 4.0 mT.
    a Calculate the force acting on the
    electron due to the magnetic field.
    b What is the centripetal acceleration
    of the electron?
    c Use your answer to b to determine
    the radius of the circular path
    described by the electron.

    COAS Physics 2 Teacher Resources

    [3]
    [2]

    [2]

    Original material Cambridge University Press 2009

    9 Worksheet 2

    Higher level
    6

    The diagram shows the trajectory of an electron travelling into a region of uniform magnetic
    field of flux density 2.0 mT. The electron enters the region of magnetic field at 90.

    a Draw the direction of the force experienced by the electron at points A and B.
    b Explain why the electron describes part of a circular path while in the region of the
    magnetic field.
    c The radius of curvature of the path of the electron in the magnetic field is 5.0 cm.
    Calculate the speed v of the electron.
    d Explain how your answer to c would change if the electron described a circular path
    of radius 2.5 cm.
    7

    A proton of kinetic energy 15 keV travelling at right-angles to a magnetic field describes


    a circle of radius of 5.0 cm. The mass of a proton is 1.7 1027 kg.
    a Show that the speed of the proton is 1.7 106 m s1.
    b For this proton, calculate the centripetal force provided by the magnetic field.
    c Determine the magnetic flux density of the magnetic field that keeps the proton moving
    in its circular orbit.
    d How long does it take for the proton to complete one orbit?

    [1]
    [1]
    [5]
    [2]

    [3]
    [3]
    [3]
    [2]

    Extension
    8

    The diagram shows a velocity-selector for charged ions. Ions of a particular speed emerge
    from the slit.

    The parallel plates have a separation of 2.4 cm and are connected to a 5.0 kV supply.
    A magnetic field is applied at right-angles to the electric field between the plates such
    that the positively charged ions emerge from the slit of the velocity-selector at a speed of
    6.0 106 m s1. Calculate the magnetic flux density of the magnetic field.

    COAS Physics 2 Teacher Resources

    Original material Cambridge University Press 2009

    [6]

    9 Worksheet 2

    An electron describes a circular orbit in a plane perpendicular to a uniform magnetic field.


    Show that the time T taken by an electron to complete one orbit in the magnetic field is
    independent of its speed and its radius, and is given by:
    T=

    2 m
    Be

    where B is the magnetic flux density of the magnetic field, e is the charge on an electron
    and m is the mass of an electron.
    Total:

    COAS Physics 2 Teacher Resources

    53

    Score:

    Original material Cambridge University Press 2009

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