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A charge of magnitude 1.6×10-19 C is moving in a circle of radius 5 cm in a uniform magnetic field 0.5 T. After applying E=0.15 V m-1 charge starts moving in a straight line mass of charge will be
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Options:
  • A 23×10-20 kg
  • B 43×10-20 kg
  • C 63×10-20 kg
  • D 13×10-20 kg
Solution:
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The correct answer is: 43×10-20 kg
For a particle to move in a circle under magnetic field

qVB=mv2R ...(i)

For a particle to move in a straight line

In both magnetic field and electric field

qVB=2E

V=EB ...(ii)

From (i) to (ii)

qB=mvR

=m.EBR

m=qE2RE=1.6×10-13×0.52×10-20.15 kg=43×1020 kg

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