A certain commercial mass spectrometer is used to separate uranium ions of mass 3.92 x 1025 kg and charge 3.20 x 10-19 C from related species. The ions are accelerated through a potential difference of 75.2 kV and then pass into a uniform magnetic field, where they are bent in a path of radius 0.752 m. After traveling through 180° and passing through a slit of width 1.42 mm and height 1.08 cm, they are collected in a cup. (a) What is the magnitude of the (perpendicular) magnetic field in the separator? If the machine is used to separate out 0.901 mg of material per hour, calculate (b) the current of the desired ions in the machine and (c) the thermal energy produced in the cup in 1.47 h. (a) Number (b) Number (c) Number 11080,411 Units Units Units Detector

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A certain commercial mass spectrometer is used to separate uranium ions of mass 3.92x 10-25 kg and charge 3.20 x 10 19 C from
related species. The ions are accelerated through a potential difference of 75.2 kV and then pass into a uniform magnetic field, where
they are bent in a path of radius 0.752 m. After traveling through 180° and passing through a slit of width 1.42 mm and height 1.08 cm,
they are collected in a cup. (a) What is the magnitude of the (perpendicular) magnetic field in the separator? If the machine is used to
separate out 0.901 mg of material per hour, calculate (b) the current of the desired ions in the machine and (c) the thermal energy
produced in the cup in 1.47 h.
(a) Number
(b) Number
(c) Number
11080.411
Units
Units
Units
IN
B
-Detector
Transcribed Image Text:A certain commercial mass spectrometer is used to separate uranium ions of mass 3.92x 10-25 kg and charge 3.20 x 10 19 C from related species. The ions are accelerated through a potential difference of 75.2 kV and then pass into a uniform magnetic field, where they are bent in a path of radius 0.752 m. After traveling through 180° and passing through a slit of width 1.42 mm and height 1.08 cm, they are collected in a cup. (a) What is the magnitude of the (perpendicular) magnetic field in the separator? If the machine is used to separate out 0.901 mg of material per hour, calculate (b) the current of the desired ions in the machine and (c) the thermal energy produced in the cup in 1.47 h. (a) Number (b) Number (c) Number 11080.411 Units Units Units IN B -Detector
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