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Moving Charges And Magnetism

Question
CBSEENPH12037668

A charge particle moves through a magnetic field perpendicular to its direction. Which of following quantity will change or remain unchanged (t) kinetic energy (ii) momentum?

Solution

When a charged particle is moving perpendicular to the direction of magnetuic field both, kinetic energy and momentum remains the same. The reason is, only the direction of the velocity component changes whereas, the magnitude of velocity remains the same.