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A Mass Spectrometer is set up to separate gas molecules of O2 and CO2.
Both molecules enter the machine traveling with a KE of 920 eV, where 1 eV = 1.602 (10)^-19 J.
Both molecules are singularly ionized (missing one electron).
The spectrometer applies a magnetic field of strength 1.6 T.
O2 has a mass of 32 amu and CO2 has a mass of 44 amu, where 1 amu = 1.67 (10)^-27 kg.
What molecule will be curved in a smaller loop?
a) O2
b) CO2
c) Both travel alonga loop of similar radius
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