Moving Charge in a Magnetic Field
Cyclotron is used to
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Answer: (b)
- Neutrons are uncharged, so a cyclotron cannot accelerate them.
- Electrons are too light: their mass grows relativistically at low energy and they fall out of step with the oscillator.
- It is used for heavy positive ions such as protons, deuterons and -particles.
- So the answer is (b) positively charged particles only.