Mid Semester Test (A2)

Physics
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Data needed to answer questions can be found in the Data, formulae and relationships sheet.
1 Calculate the force experienced by an oil droplet with a charge of 3.2 10
1!
C due to a
uniform electric field of strength ".0 10
"
# m
1
.
2 $he diagram shows two parallel, hori%ontal plates separated by a &ertical distance of 3.0 cm.
$he potential difference between the plates is '00 #.
a Calculate the magnitude and direction of the electric field between the plates. (3)
b Describe the electric field between the plates. (2)
c * charged oil droplet of weight '.+ 10
1"
, is held stationary between the two plates.
i -tate whether the charge on the droplet is positi&e or negati&e.
.xplain your answer. (2)
ii Determine the charge on the oil droplet. (2)
3 Calculate the force experienced by an electron tra&elling at a &elocity of +.0 10
'
m s
1

at right angles to a magnetic field of magnetic flux density 0.1/ $. (3)
4 $he diagram shows an electron mo&ing at a constant speed of /.0 10
'
m s
1
in a plane
perpendicular to a uniform magnetic field of magnetic flux density +.0 m$.
a Calculate the force acting on the electron due to the magnetic field. (3)
b 0hat is the centripetal acceleration of the electron1 (2)
c 2se your answer to b to determine the radius of the circular path described by the electron. (2)
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5 $he diagram shows the tra6ectory of an electron tra&elling into a region of uniform magnetic
field of flux density 2.0 m$. $he electron enters the region of magnetic field at !07.
a Draw the direction of the force experienced by the electron at points A and B. (1)
b .xplain why the electron describes part of a circular path while in the region of the
magnetic field. (1)
c $he radius of cur&ature of the path of the electron in the magnetic field is ".0 cm.
Calculate the speed v of the electron. (")
d .xplain how your answer to c would change if the electron described a circular path
of radius 2." cm. (2)
6 * proton of 8inetic energy 1" 8e# tra&elling at right angles to a magnetic field describes
a circle of radius of ".0 cm. $he mass of a proton is 1.9 10
29
8g.
a -how that the speed of the proton is 1.9 10
'
m s
1
. (3)
b :or this proton, calculate the centripetal force pro&ided by the magnetic field. (3)
c Determine the magnetic flux density of the magnetic field that 8eeps the proton mo&ing
in its circular orbit. (3)
d ;ow long does it ta8e for the proton to complete one orbit1 (2)
7 $he diagram shows a &elocity<selector for charged ions. =ons of speed v emerge from the slit.
a $he parallel plates ha&e a separation of 2.+ cm and are connected to a ".0 8# supply.
* magnetic field is applied at right angles to the electric field between the plates such
that the positi&ely charged ions emerge from the slit of the &elocity<selector at a speed of
'.0 10
'
m s
1
. Calculate the magnetic flux density of the magnetic field. (')
b =ons from the &elocity<selector pass into a mass spectrometer which contains another magnetic
field, of flux density B. $he ions all ha&e charge Q but either ha&e mass m
1
or mass m
2
. -how
that the difference in the radius of the two isotopes in the magnetic field is gi&en by>
?r @
BQ
v m m A B
2 1

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8 *n electron describes a circular orbit in a plane perpendicular to a uniform magnetic field.
a -how that the time T ta8en by an electron to complete one orbit in the magnetic field is
independent of its speed and its radius, and is gi&en by>
T @
Be
m E 2
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. (")
b .xplain in words how a faster electron ta8es the same time to complete one orbit as a slower
electron. (1)
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