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Anelectron gun with its collector at a potential of 100 V fires outelectrons in a spherical bulb containing hydrogen gas at low pressure(∼10−2mm of Hg). A magnetic field of 2.83 × 10−4T curves the path of the electrons in a circular orbit of radius 12.0cm. (The path can be viewed because the gas ions in the path focusthe beam by attracting electrons, and emitting light by electroncapture; this method is known as the ‘fine beam tube’method. Determine e/mfrom the data.

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An
electron gun with its collector at a potential of 100 V fires out
electrons in a spherical bulb containing hydrogen gas at low pressure
(
10−2
mm of Hg). A magnetic field of 2.83 × 10
−4
T curves the path of the electrons in a circular orbit of radius 12.0
cm. (The path can be viewed because the gas ions in the path focus
the beam by attracting electrons, and emitting light by electron
capture; this method is known as the ‘fine beam tube’
method. Determine
e/m
from the data.



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