Beta particles are deflected in a magnetic field due to their electric charge. Beta particles are either negative (beta-) or positive (beta+) charged, so they experience a force when passing through a magnetic field, causing them to be deflected from their original path.
Nothing. The gamma ray is not deflected by a magnetic field, which demonstrates that unlike the alpha and beta rays, the gamma is not a stream of charged particles, but is electromagnetic radiation.
Charged particles such as protons and electrons are deflected by a magnetic field. This deflection is known as the Lorentz force, which causes the particles to follow a curved path instead of a straight line.
An alpha particle, which is a 24He nucleus, has a mass of 4 and a charge of +2. A beta particle has a charge of +1 or -1, depending on whether it is a positron (beta +) or an electron (beta -). It's mass is minuscule compared to the alpha particle, and it will undergo a comparatively huge deflection in the same field as an alpha particle would. Though the alpha particle has twice the charge as a beta particle, it has several thousand times the mass of that beta particle. As it is so much more massive than the beta particle, its inertia will be much more difficult to overcome even though it has twice the charge.
Ionizing radiation is generally divided into electromagnetic radiation and particulate radiation. Charged particles are affected, and this will include protons, beta particles and alpha particles. Neutrons, another particulate form of ionizing radiation, won't be affected. Electromagnetic ionizing radiation, cosmic rays and gamma rays, are not effected.
A charged particle naturally changes direction in a magnetic field. This is because any charged particle produces a magnetic field when it is moving. And if the charged particle is moving through a magnetic field, the two fields (in this case the Earth's and the one created by the moving particle) interact to deflect the particle. The particle will be deflected "to the side" or laterally, and positively charged particles will be deflected in the opposite direction of negatively charged one.
Alpha and beta particles are deflected by a magnetic field because they have charge and, as such, are affected by the electromagnetic interaction or force.
Nothing. The gamma ray is not deflected by a magnetic field, which demonstrates that unlike the alpha and beta rays, the gamma is not a stream of charged particles, but is electromagnetic radiation.
Charged particles such as protons and electrons are deflected by a magnetic field. This deflection is known as the Lorentz force, which causes the particles to follow a curved path instead of a straight line.
Alpha particles with the same energy as beta particles have much less speed, magnetic field or no.
An alpha particle, which is a 24He nucleus, has a mass of 4 and a charge of +2. A beta particle has a charge of +1 or -1, depending on whether it is a positron (beta +) or an electron (beta -). It's mass is minuscule compared to the alpha particle, and it will undergo a comparatively huge deflection in the same field as an alpha particle would. Though the alpha particle has twice the charge as a beta particle, it has several thousand times the mass of that beta particle. As it is so much more massive than the beta particle, its inertia will be much more difficult to overcome even though it has twice the charge.
That they have neither a negative or positive charge
Ionizing radiation is generally divided into electromagnetic radiation and particulate radiation. Charged particles are affected, and this will include protons, beta particles and alpha particles. Neutrons, another particulate form of ionizing radiation, won't be affected. Electromagnetic ionizing radiation, cosmic rays and gamma rays, are not effected.
The deflection of the charged particles in the magnetic field indicates that they are moving with a velocity component perpendicular to the magnetic field direction. This suggests that the particles have a charge and are experiencing a magnetic force due to their motion in the field.
A cathode ray in a gas-filled tube is deflected by a magnetic field due to the Lorentz force acting on the charged particles in the ray. A wire carrying an electric current can be pulled by a magnetic field through the interaction of the magnetic field and the moving charges in the wire. A cathode ray is deflected away from a negatively charged object due to the repulsion between the negatively charged object and the negatively charged particles in the cathode ray.
An electromagnetic field would deflect alpha and beta particles. Charged particles like alpha and beta particles are affected by electromagnetic forces, causing them to change direction when passing through an electromagnetic field.
A charged particle naturally changes direction in a magnetic field. This is because any charged particle produces a magnetic field when it is moving. And if the charged particle is moving through a magnetic field, the two fields (in this case the Earth's and the one created by the moving particle) interact to deflect the particle. The particle will be deflected "to the side" or laterally, and positively charged particles will be deflected in the opposite direction of negatively charged one.
Photons are neutral particles that do not carry electric charge, so they do not interact directly with electric or magnetic fields. As a result, photons do not experience deflection when passing through these fields. However, the presence of an electric or magnetic field can still affect the path of charged particles, such as electrons, that interact with these fields.