ELECTRICAL FIELD, MAGNETIC FIELD, ION DETECTOR, MODERN SPECTROGRAPGS, CALCULATIONS INVOLVED DETERMINING THE RELATIVE ATOMIC MASS OF AN ELEMENT FROM THE GIVEN RELATIVE ABUNDANCE OF ITS ISOTOPES, OR FROM ITS MASS SPECTRUM:
(iii) ELECTRICAL FIELD A potential difference of 500 – 2000V is applied between the plates to accelerate these positive ions. These ions are accelerated due to repulsion by high voltage positively charged electrodes. (IV) MAGNETIC FIELD: After acceleration the positive ions are sent to the magnetic field which is perpendicular to the path of positive ions. Due to this positive ions move in a semi-circular path. It is observed that lighter ions are deflected more and heavy ions travel slowly in a semi-circular path hence, separation occurs according to m/e values. (v) ION DETECTOR: A suitable detector is used to collect the deflected positive ions. The charge on ...