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In a cyclotron a charged particle
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Options:
  • A speeds up in dee
  • B undergoes acceleration all the time
  • C slows down within a dee and speeds up between dees
  • D speeds up between the dees because of the magnetic field.
Solution:
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The correct answer is: undergoes acceleration all the time
(B)
Between the dee's the charged particle accelerates due to electric field. Within the dee the particle undergoes circular
motion. Hence it undergoes centripetal acceleration.

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