Biot Savart, Electrons, and Cirucular Currents

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The discussion revolves around calculating the acceleration of an electron moving through a magnetic field generated by a circular wire carrying a current. The Biot-Savart Law is applied to determine the magnetic field, followed by using the force equation F=qv x B to find the force acting on the electron. There were initial issues with unit conversions, particularly with the radius of the circular wire, which should be 0.09 m instead of 0.9 m. Despite correcting the radius, the final acceleration calculation still yielded an incorrect result, prompting a consideration of the electron's negative charge affecting the direction of acceleration. The conversation highlights the importance of careful unit management and understanding the implications of charge polarity in such calculations.
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A circular wire ring of diameter 18 cm carries a current of 5.0 A directed as indicated in Figure P.51. A moving electron just happens to be passing through the neighborhood. When the electron is at the center of the circular ring and moving at speed 2.50 multiplied by 106 m/s in the direction indicated in the sketch, find the acceleration of the electron.
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Equations I found relevant:
The Biot Savart Law:
B=(\mu/4\pi)(I)(\intdl x r / r^2)

F=qv x B

Biot Savart solves for the magnetic field, they I can plug this into the force equation, and once I know the force, I can divide by the mass to get the particles acceleration.
I had some issues with the Biot Savart...

I used the following numbers
B=(\mu/4\pi)(5A)(circumference of the circle/r^2)
dl= circumference of the circle which eqauls d\pi. or .5654
since r is the distance from the circle to the particle, it equal the circle's radius which is .9m.
Therefore B=3.4906e-5
I substitute this into the force equation giving me
F=qv x B
The v vector and B vector are perpendicular, so it is just scalar multiplication.
I get F=1.3980e-17
I can then divide this by the mass to get the acceleration.
Thus a= 1.5347e13
I used q= 1.602e-19 and m= 9.1093e-31

All of this led me to a wrong answer...
 
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You got the method right, but the metric units are a bit off: the radius is .09m.
 
Gear300 said:
You got the method right, but the metric units are a bit off: the radius is .09m.

that was a typo. my final answer used .09 as the radius, and I still got the problem wrong.
 
I still haven't checked the calculations yet...but for the moment, maybe what is needed is a negative (electrons have a negative charge, so the acceleration vector is in the opposite direction when compared to positively charged particles, such as protons).
 
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