i am currently completing a physics assignment but there are still two question which i cannot fully answer... they are:
1. Velocity of an electron approx. 1.8 x 10^8 m/s. While thomoson might have had a 100,000 volt sources at his disposal, he used an accelerating potential that was considerably lower than this. Suggest oen key reason, which he would not have know in 1897, why an accelerating potential of 100,000 volts would have caused problems with his calculations of the charge to mass ratio - 2 marks
i think i may have to do with mass dilation but i'm not sure
2. The early cyclortons were very much smaller than other particle accelerators that could accelerate particles to comparable energies. What are the main feature of a cyclotron that enable it to be such a compact accelerator - 3 marks
PLZ! any help would be greatly appreciated
1. Velocity of an electron approx. 1.8 x 10^8 m/s. While thomoson might have had a 100,000 volt sources at his disposal, he used an accelerating potential that was considerably lower than this. Suggest oen key reason, which he would not have know in 1897, why an accelerating potential of 100,000 volts would have caused problems with his calculations of the charge to mass ratio - 2 marks
i think i may have to do with mass dilation but i'm not sure
2. The early cyclortons were very much smaller than other particle accelerators that could accelerate particles to comparable energies. What are the main feature of a cyclotron that enable it to be such a compact accelerator - 3 marks
PLZ! any help would be greatly appreciated