Physics 5054 · O Level · Forces on a current-carrying conductor

Forces on a current-carrying conductor — practice question

A wire is positioned at right angles to a uniform magnetic field. A current flows through the wire, so it experiences a force. Beams of alpha-particles, beta-particles and neutrons are directed into the magnetic field in the same direction as the conventional current in the wire. Which beams experience a force that is initially in the same direction as the force on the current-carrying wire?

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