Physics A-Level
Crossed electric and magnetic fields
What Crossed electric and magnetic fields means in Physics A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Crossed electric and magnetic fields
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Reference: OCR
A region occupied by both electric and magnetic fields, through which a charged particle moves in a velocity selector.
Topics that use Crossed electric and magnetic fields
- Motion of charged particles (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- Centripetal force
- Constant speed under a perpendicular force
- Independence of selected speed from charge and mass
- Velocity selection
- Force balance on a moving charge
- Radius of a charged particle orbit
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