Question: Two ions are accelerated from rest in a mass spectrometer operating with potential difference AV. The first ion, with mass m, is singly ionized

Two ions are accelerated from rest in a mass spectrometer operating with

Two ions are accelerated from rest in a mass spectrometer operating with potential difference AV. The first ion, with mass m, is singly ionized and is deflected into a semicircle of radius R by the uniform magnetic field in the mass spectrometer. A second, quadruply-ionized ion with mass m is deflected into a semicircle with four times the radius of the first ion. What is the ratio m/m? m2 m1

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