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I'm trying to work out what velocity and magnetic field strength one needs to capture the charged particle in a circle of comfortable lab size - say 5cm ( 0.05m).
For a sodium ion ( mass = 3.8175407 × 10-26 kg) with charge q = 1.60217653 x 10 -19 , velocity 183234 m/s, C in a magnetic field of 2 Tesla the radius of the circle ##R=mv/qB## is 0.0218m.
The velocity requires a 4000v potential and seems a bit big. Have I made an error ?
[I'm not actually building a cyclotron, just a magnetic deflector.]
For a sodium ion ( mass = 3.8175407 × 10-26 kg) with charge q = 1.60217653 x 10 -19 , velocity 183234 m/s, C in a magnetic field of 2 Tesla the radius of the circle ##R=mv/qB## is 0.0218m.
The velocity requires a 4000v potential and seems a bit big. Have I made an error ?
[I'm not actually building a cyclotron, just a magnetic deflector.]