if you are working with a radioactive source emitting particles of several kinds all positively charged not necessarily of the same mass. how could you determine whether all particles have the same charge?

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Alani Aguilar

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5 October, 09:42

if you are working with a radioactive source emitting particles of several kinds all positively charged not necessarily of the same mass. how could you determine whether all particles have the same charge?

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Konner Stevens · Answer 1

Pass the charged particles at high velocity through an electric field.

The positively charged particles will deflect one way and the negatively charged particles will deflect the opposite way. The deflection will observe the Right-Hand Rule. The rate of detection will also depend on the size of the charged particle with heavier one being deflected more.