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PRACTICE SHEET - 01 (Physics)

Motion of Charge particle in uniform magnetic field

1. A charged particle of mass 5 mg and charge


q = +2 C has velocity = v 2iˆ 3 ˆj 4kˆ. Find out
B=0 B=0
the magnetic force on the charged particle and its B
acceleration at this instant due to magnetic field
   q, m u
B 3 jˆ 2kˆ. v and B are in ms–1 and Wb m –2,
respectively.

2. A charged particle has acceleration a 2iˆ xjˆ in a d

magnetic field B 3iˆ 2 jˆ 4kˆ. Find the value of x
6. A charged particle enters a region which offers a
3. A positive charge particle of charge q and mass m resistance against its motion and a uniform magnetic
enters into a uniform magnetic field with velocity v field exists in the region. The particle traces a spiral
as shown in figure. There is no magnetic field to the path as shown in figure. State the following
left of PQ. Find (a) time spent, (b) distance travelled statements as True or False
in the magnetic field, (c) impulse of magnetic force.
Q

P
B

A
V Q (a) Component of magnetic field in the plane of spiral

is zero
(b) Particle enters the region at Q
(c) If magnetic field is outwards, then the particle is
4. Repeat above Question 3, if the charge is negative
positively charged
and the angle made by the boundary with velocity is
 = /6. (d) If magnetic field is outwards, then the particle is
negatively charged
5. A uniform magnetic field of strength B exists in a
region of width d. A particle of charge q and mass m 7. An electron moves in a uniform magnetic field and
is shot perpendicularly (as shown in fig.) into the follows a spiral path as shown in figure State the
magnetic field. Find the time spent by the particle in following statements as True or False.
the magnetic field if
Q
mu mu
a. d b. d
qB qB P

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 (a) Angular velocity of the electron remains constant 1.65 T and perpendicular to the orbit.
(b) Magnitude of velocity of the electron decreases (a) What is the magnitude of the linear momentum

continuously P of the particle?
(c) Net force on the particle is always perpendicular
(b) What is the magnitude of the angular momentum
to its direction of motion 
L of the particle?
(d) Magnitude of net force on the electron decreases
continuously 12. Figure below shows the trace of the path of a charged
particle in a bubble chamber. Assume that the
8. A charged particle moves in a gravity free space where
magnetic field is into the plane of the paper with
an electric field of strength E and a magnetic field of
magnitude 0.4 T. The smooth spiral path occurs
induction B exist. State the following statements as
because the particle loses energy in ionizing
True or False.
molecules along the path
(a) If E 0 and B 0, velocity of the particle may
remain constant.
 
(b) If E = 0, the particle cannot trace a cirular path
(c) If E = 0, kinetic energy of the particles remains
constant
9. A particle with charge –5.60 nC is moving in a uniform

magnetic field B 1.25T kˆ. The magnetic force
 
on the particle is measured to be B is into the page

F 3.36 10 7 N iˆ 7.42 10 7 N ˆj .
(a) Which part of the patch corresponds to higher
(a) Calculate all components of velocity of the kinetic energy for the particle? Inner or outer
particle from this information part of spiral.

(b) Are there components of the velocity that cannot
be determined by the measurement of the force?
Explain
 
(c) Calculate the scalar product v F . What is the
angle between v and F?
10. A particle with charge 7.00 C is moving with velocity
 Compare the angles of deviation suffered by the
v 4 103 m s 1 ˆj . The magnetic force on the
 magnetic field both the particles.
particle is measured to be F 8.4 10 2 N iˆ
2 (b) Have the same kinetic energy, and
5.60 10 N kˆ.
(a) Calculate all the components of the magnetic
field you can from this information
(b) Are there components of the magnetic field that
cannot be determined by measurement of the
force? Explain
 
(c) Calculate the scalar product B F. What is the
 
angle between B and F ?
11. A particle with charge 6.40 × 10–19 C travels in a
circular orbit with radius 4.68 mm due to the force
exerted on it by a magnetic field of magnitude
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(b) Is the charge positive or negative?
(c) The radius of curvature ranges from 70 mm to
10 mm. What is the range of values of the
magnitude of momentum if the magnitude of the
charge is e?
13. A proton and an alpha particle are projected in a
magnetic field which exists in the width of region d.
proton and the alpha particle if before entering the
(a) Have the same momentum
(c) Are accelerated through the same potential
difference.
(Take m = 4mp, q = 2qp)
14. A beam of singly ionized atoms of carbon (each
charge +e) all have the same speed enters a mass
spectrometer, as shown in figure. The ions strike
the photographic plate in two different locations
5 cm apart. The 12C6 isotope traces a path of smaller
radius, 15.0 cm. What is the atomic mass number
of other isotope?
 17. A particle of charge q > 0 is moving at speed v in the
+z direction through a region of uniform magnetic
field. The magnetic force on the particle

F F0 (3iˆ 4 jˆ), where F0 is a positive constant.

(a) Determine the components Bx, By and Bz or at

least as many of the three components as is
possible from the information given
(b) If it is given in addition that the magnetic field
has magnitude 6F0 / q, determine the magnitude
 of Bz
15. When a proton has a velocity v (2iˆ 3 ˆj ) × 106
 18. Protons having a kinetic energy of 5 MeV are moving
ms–1, it experiences a force F (1.28 10 13 kˆ ) N. in the positive x-direction and enter a magnetic field
When its velocity is along the z-axis, it experiences
B 0.0500 kˆ T directed out of the plane of the page
a force along the x-axis. What is the magnetic field?
and extending from x = 0 to x = 1 m as shown in
16. The force on a charged particle moving in a magnetic
figure.
field can be computed as the vector sum of the force
due to each separate component of the magnetic
field. As an example, a particle with charge q is
moving with speed v in the –y direction. It is moving

in a uniform magnetic field B Bx iˆ By jˆ Bz kˆ.

(a) What are the components of the force F exerted
on the particle by the magnetic field?
(b) If q > 0, what must the signs of the components (a) Calculate the y-compnent of the protons’
 
of B be if the components of F are all momentum as they leave the magnetic field.
non-negative? (b) Find the angle  between the initial velocity vector
(c) If q < 0 and Bx = By = Bz > 0, find the direction of the proton beam and the velocity vector after
 the beam emerges from the field. Ignore
and magnitude of F in terms of |q|, v and Bx. relativistic effects and note that
1 eV = 1.60 × 10–19 J

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