Magnetic Fields & the Lorentz Force
Try this: Double the speed. Does the charge take longer to go round?
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About this simulation
Send a charge through a magnetic field and watch a force that turns it without ever speeding it up.
Taught in Magnetic Fields & Forces
- magnetic field
- Lorentz force
- cyclotron motion
- velocity selector
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