CH 15 - Charged Particles

Topic 25: Charged
Particles
25.1 Electrons
25.2 Beams of charged particles
Charge of an Electron
1.6 × 10 -19
C
e
-
How do we manage to determine
such a small value?
Thanks to
Robert Millikan
Millikan’s Oil Drop Experiment
1909
Robert Millikan
1868-1953
A Glimpse into Millikan’s Endeavour
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Millikan’s Endeavour
Millikan’s Apparatus
Millikan’s Results
Millikan found that charge is quantised into multiples of 1.6 × 10 -19 C

Example
Between the Plates
Weight of a droplet
= Electric force on it
Upward force by the
electric field
mg = qE
Weight of the droplet

charge on oil droplet:
mg
Tiny oil
q
drop E
m = mass of droplet
q = charge on droplet
Weight of the Oil Droplet
Weight of oil droplet
= mg – upthrust
= Voil g – Vair g
= Vg (oil – air)
= 4/3  r3 g (oil – air)
How to find r ?
Determining radius
To determine the radius of the oil droplet, r, the electric
field is switched off and the oil droplet allowed to fall with
its terminal velocity.
The terminal velocity, v is measured by recording the

time, t, for the droplet to fall through a measured distance,
y.
When the oil droplet is falling with its terminal velocity, its
Weight = viscous drag on it
4/3  r3 g (oil – air) = 6rv
9 v
r2 
2 g  oil   air 
Example
An oil drop of mass 2.0  10-15 kg fall with its terminal
velocity between a pair of parallel vertical plates. When
a potential gradients of 5.0  104 Vm-1 is applied
between the plates, the direction of fall becomes
inclined at an angle of 21.8o to the vertical.
Sketch vector diagram to show the forces on the oil drop

(a) before and
(b) after the electric field is applied
Write down expressions for the magnitudes of the vectors

involved. Calculate the charge on the oil drop.
Production of Electron Beam
Cathode Ray Tube

Electrons in an Electric Field
VV
0V
Electric Force, Fe = e E
ma = e (V / d)
a=eV/md
Deflection of Electrons in an
Electric Field
Apply dynamic equations to
motion of charged particles in
an electric field.
Its verticle displacement:
1 2 1  eV  2
y at   t 1 2 1  eV  x 2  eV  2
2 2  md  y  at    2  2 
x
1  eV  x 2  eV  2
 
2 2  md  v  2mdv 
  x
2  md  v 2  2mdv 2 
Its verticle speed:

 eV   x  eVx
v y  at     
 md   v  mdv
At any point:
The direction of the beam: The speed of the beam:
tan  = vy / v vr = (v2 + vy2)
Example
Solution
Electrons in a Magnetic Field
Magnetic Force, F = Bev
As it is making a circular motion:
Centripetal force = Magnetic force
mv2 / r = Bev
v = Ber / m
OR
r = mv / Be
Combined Electric & Magnetic
Fields
Particles with the right For zero deflection:

speed will move Magnetic force = Electric force
undeflected in the
combined electric and Bev = eE
magnetic fields. v=E/B OR v = V / Bd
Specific Charge, e/m
If a particle carries a charge of

e and has a mass m.
Then the ration e/m is the
specific charge of the particle.
It is measured in C kg-1
To find this value we use a

mass spectrometer as shown.
Mass Spectrometer
Determining e/m
The Electron Gun: Produce the
electrons and accelerate them 2eV
from the cathode to the anode
v
m
v
2eV ½ mv2 = eV
m
The Velocity Selector: Electrons

with the right speed will move E
undeflected in the combined v
electric and magnetic fields and
will pass through a gap S3.
B
mv 2
 B2 ev
r
e v

m B2 r The Deflector: Electrons emerging mv 2
from slit S3 is deflected through a  B2 ev
r
magnetic field. They are made to
strike a photographic plate and e v

the radius of the circular motion m B2 r
measured.
Determining e/m (1)
1. Ionisation:
Thermionic emission:
Current is supplied to a cathode
(tungsten wire) and heating it
up to produce electron beam.
2. Acceleration
The plates are connected to an
accelerating +ve voltage V to
accelerate the electrons though
slit S1 and S2 into a velocity
selector of cross E & B fields.
½ mv2 = eV --- (1)

2eV
v --- (2)
m
All electrons have the same
K.E.
Determining (2)
3. Deflection:
Only those with speed
v=E/B
will move undeflected in the
cross E & B fields, passing
through slit S3.
4. Detection:
The selected electrons are
acted on by Fem and follow a
circular path of radius r in the
magnetic field B2.
The radius can be measured
as the electrons darken the
photographic plate where
they strike.
B e v = m v2 / r --- (3)
e / m = v / (B r) --- (4)
The electron-volt (eV)
Find the kinetic energy that an electron
acquires if it falls through a potential
difference of 1 V, and its charge is -1.60 x
10-19 C.
1.60 x 10-19 J
= 1 electron-volt
(eV)
Exercise
An electron is accelerated by a p.d. of 500
V. Calculate the gain in kinetic energy
(i) in joules 8.0 x 10-17 J

(ii) in electron-volt
500 eV
Exercise
An electron leaves a cathode at zero
potential and travels through a vacuum to an
anode at + 200 V. Calculate
(i) the kinetic energy that it acquires.
3.2 x 10-17 J
(ii) the speed when it reaches the anode.

8.4 x 106 m s-1
Example
A hydrogen has a charge-to-mass ratio of
q/m = 9.65 x 107 C kg-1. A Bainbridge mass
spectrometer has B1 = 0.93 T, B2 = 0.61 T
and E = 3.7 x 106 V m-1. Calculate the
radius of the paths of each of the following
ions in the mass spectrometer:
(a) H+ 0.0676 m
(b) He+ 0.270 m
(c) He2+ 0.135 m
Example 1
An electron gun operating at 3000 V is used to
shoot electrons into the space between two
oppositely charge parallel plates. The plate
spacing is 50 mm and its length is 100 mm.
Calculate the deflection of the electrons at the

point where they emerge from the field when the
plate p.d. is 100 V. Assume the specific charge
e/m for the electron is 1.76 × 10 12 Ckg-1
Solution 1
Example 2
Solution 2
Example 3
Solution 3
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Topic 25: Charged

Millikan found that charge is quantised into multiples of 1.6 × 10 -19 C

Weight of the droplet

The terminal velocity, v is measured by recording the

Sketch vector diagram to show the forces on the oil drop

Write down expressions for the magnitudes of the vectors

Cathode Ray Tube

Its verticle speed:

Particles with the right For zero deflection:

If a particle carries a charge of

To find this value we use a

The Velocity Selector: Electrons

½ mv2 = eV --- (1)

(i) in joules 8.0 x 10-17 J

(ii) the speed when it reaches the anode.

Calculate the deflection of the electrons at the

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