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The animation shows a particle passing through a mass spectrometer (position is given in meters and time is given in seconds). There is a constant magnetic field throughout the region directed into the screen. There is a constant electric field in the first region only. Restart.
For an introduction to the mass spectrometer see Exploration 27.3.
Problem authored by Melissa Dancy.
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