Learning Exercise

Mass Spectrometer Web Assignment No. 3

Web assignment using applet by Angel Franco Garcia. Covers the Lorentz force and its applications to the mass spectrometer. Links to helpful resources included.

Course: Second semester, introductory physics.

Material:: Mass Spectrometer
Date last modified:: April 13, 2001
Created by:: John Walkup
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Mass Spectrometer

By exmaining the trajectory of an atom moving through a electric and magnetic field this applet determines the mass of... see more

Material Type:: Simulation
Author:: Angel Franco Garcia, Escuela Universitaria de Ingenieria Tecnica Industrial de Eibar
User Rating:: 5 stars

Exercise

See http://www.nhn.ou.edu/~walkup/demonstrations/WebAssignments/MassSpectrometer003.htm

Disciplines

Science and Technology / Physics / Modern Physics / Nuclear and Particle

Audience

College Upper Division

Requirements

Basic understanding of Newton's Second Law and electromagnetism.

Topics

Lorentz force, centripetal force, Newton's Second Law, mass spectrometer, electromagnetism.