Doubly-ionized helium ions are projected with a speed of 10 km sin a direction perpendicular to a uniform magnetic field of magnitude 1.0 T. Find (a) the force acting on an ion, (b) the radius of the circle in which it circulates and (c) the time taken by an ion to complete the circle.

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Doubly-ionized helium ions are projected with a speed of
10 km s¹ in a direction perpendicular to a uniform magnetic
field of magnitude 1.0 T. Find (a) the force acting on an ion,
(b) the radius of the circle in which it circulates and (c) the
time taken by an ion to complete the circle.
Transcribed Image Text:Doubly-ionized helium ions are projected with a speed of 10 km s¹ in a direction perpendicular to a uniform magnetic field of magnitude 1.0 T. Find (a) the force acting on an ion, (b) the radius of the circle in which it circulates and (c) the time taken by an ion to complete the circle.
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