Working closely with local law enforcement agencies


Your forensic chemistry group, working closely with local law enforcement agencies, has acquired a mass spectrometer similar to that discussed in the text. It employs a uniform magnetic field that has a magnitude of 0.76 T. To calibrate the mass spectrometer, you decide to measure the masses of various carbon isotopes by measuring the position of impact of the various singularly ionized carbon ions that have entered the spectrometer with a kinetic energy of 27 keV. A wire chamber with position sensitivity of 0.51 mm is part of the apparatus. What will be the limit on its mass resolution (in kg) for ions in this mass range, that is, those whose mass is on the order of that of a carbon atom?

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