Image: Velocity selector

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Description: Velocity selector in a mass spectrometer. The electric force is equal and opposite to the magnetic force only in the case where
v =
E B
{\displaystyle v={\frac {E}{B}}}
. Particles moving at all other velocities do not travel along a straight path.
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