A particle of mass $1 \times 10^{-26} \mathrm{~kg}$ and charge $1.6 \times 10^{-19} \mathrm{C}$ travelling…

A particle of mass $1 \times 10^{-26} \mathrm{~kg}$ and charge $1.6 \times 10^{-19} \mathrm{C}$ travelling with a velocity $1.28 \times 10^6 \mathrm{~ms}^{-1}$ along the positive $X$-axis enters a region in which a uniform electric field $\mathbf{E}$ and a uniform magnetic field of induction $\mathbf{B}$ are present. If $\mathbf{E}=-102.4 \times 10^3 \hat{\mathbf{k}} \mathrm{NC}^{-1}$ and $\mathbf{B}=8 \times 10^{-2} \hat{\mathbf{j}} \mathrm{Wbm}^{-2}$ the direction of motion of the particles is
  1. along the positive $X$-axis
  2. along the negative $X$-axis
  3. at $45^{\circ}$ to the positive $X$-axis
  4. at $135^{\circ}$ to the positive $X$-axis

Solution

$\begin{aligned} m & =1 \times 10^{-26} \mathrm{~kg}, q=1.6 \times 10^{-19} \mathrm{C} \\ v & =1.28 \times 10^6 \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s} \end{aligned}$ Electric field, $\mathbf{E}=-102.4 \times 10^3 \hat{\mathbf{k}} \mathrm{N} / \mathrm{C}$ Magnetic field, $\mathbf{B}=8 \times 10^{-2} \hat{\mathbf{j}} \mathrm{Wbm}^{-2}$ $\begin{aligned} \frac{|\mathbf{E}|}{|\mathbf{B}|} & =\frac{102.4 \times 10^3}{8 \times 10^{-2}} \\ & =\frac{10.24 \times 10^6}{8} \\ & =1.28 \times 10^6 \end{aligned}$ Hence, $|\mathbf{v}|=\frac{|\mathbf{E}|}{|\mathbf{B}|}$ So, particle will remain undeflected, hence direction of motion of particle is along the positive $X$-axis.

Asked in: AP EAMCET 2005

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