Which particle can be accelerated by a cyclotron?
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Which particle can be accelerated by a cyclotron?
A cyclotron is a type of compact particle accelerator which produces radioactive isotopes that can be used for imaging procedures. Stable, non-radioactive isotopes are put into the cyclotron which accelerates charged particles (protons) to high energy in a magnetic field.
What is the limitation of cyclotron?
The limitations of cyclotron are: -At high velocities, relativistic variation of mass of the particle upsets the resonance condition. -At high frequencies, relativistic variation of mass of the electron is appreciable and hence electrons cannot be accelerated by cyclotron.
Which of the following Cannot be accelerated by cyclotron?
The particle that cannot be accelerated by a cyclotron is electron.
Which of the following particles can be accelerated?
It depends on the design of the accelerator. They all accelerate some charged particle because they all work via E-M fields, but at present those particles can be electrons, protons, positrons, antiprotons, ions, or nuclei. There is also a lot of research done on how to produce a tight and accelerated muon beam.
Can cyclotron accelerate electrons?
Electrons can not be accelerated by cyclotrons because the mass of electron is very small and a small increase in energy of electron makes the electrons move with very high speed. Cyclotron can not be used for accelerating uncharged particle like neutrons.
Can we accelerate neutron by cyclotron give reason?
Neutrons: Subatomic particles located in the nucleus of an atom having mass equal to that of proton are known as neutrons. Neutrons that are not charged are electrically neutral. The cyclotron accelerates charged particles. Thus, a cyclotron cannot accelerate neutrons as they are not charged.
Which particle can not be accelerated?
Neutrons: Subatomic particles located in the nucleus of an atom having mass equal to that of proton are known as neutrons. Neutrons that are not charged are electrically neutral. The cyclotron accelerates charged particles. Thus, neutrons are not accelerated by cyclotrons.