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Grade 11General Physics

State the principle of working of a cyclotron. Write two uses of this machine ?

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12 Years agoGrade 11
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6 Years ago
Principle of cyclotron:A charged particle can acquire a large amount of magnetic energy with a comparatively smaller alternating electric field by making it cross the same electric field time and again with the help of perpendicular magnetic field.
Uses:
(i)A cyclotron is used to bombard nuclei with energetic particles and to study the resulting reactions.
(ii) It is used in hospitals to produce radioactive substances used in diagnosis.