(a) Triply charged uranium-235 and uranium-238 ions are being separated in a mass spectrometer (The much rarer uranium-235 is used as reactor fuel.) The masses of the ions are 3.90x10 ^-25 kg and 3.95x10 ^-25 kg , respectively, and they travel at 3.00 x 10 ⁵ m/s in a 0.250-T field. What is the separation between their paths when they hit a target after traversing a semicircle?

(b) Discuss whether this distance between their paths seems to be big enough to be practical in the separation of uranium-235 from uranium-238.

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