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KCET · Physics · Current Electricity

A cyclotron is used to accelerate

  1. A Oneutron
  2. B only positively charged particles
  3. C only negatively charged particles
  4. D both positively and negatively charged particles
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(B) only positively charged particles

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A cyclotron is used to accelerate only positively charged particles. Cyclotron accelerates charged atomic and subatomic
particles by alternating electric field while following an outward spiral or circular path in a magnetic field.