In the mass spectrograph above, the goo in the source chamber contains
molecules of mass that are ionized to have charges of
,
or
at the source. The particles then fall through a potential
of
and enter the uniform
field in the box.
a) Derive an expression for the radius at which a fragment of
charge-to-mass ratio of
hits.
b) Use this expression to find for each of the three possible
ionization charges, and draw a picture of the bars produced on the
film to a reasonable scale.