It is not possible to see very small objects, such as viruses,using an ordinary light microscope. An electron microscope can viewsuch objects using an electron beam instead of a light beam.Electron microscopy has proved invaluable for investigations ofviruses, cell membranes and subcellular structures, bacterialsurfaces, visual receptors, chloroplasts, and the contractileproperties of muscles. The "lenses" of an electron microscopeconsist of electric and magnetic fields that control the electronbeam.
As an example of the manipulation of an electron beam, consider anelectron traveling away from the origin along the x axis in the xyplane with initial velocity v = vi. As it passes through the regionx = 0 to x = d, the electron experiences acceleration a = ax + ay,where ax and ay are constants. For the case vi = 1.77 107 m/s, ax =7.35 1014 m/s2, and ay = 1.45 1015 m/s2, determine the following,at x = d = 0.0100 m.
(a) the position of the electron
yf =__________ m
(b) the velocity of the electron
vf =________ m/s +__________ m/s
(c) the speed of the electron
|vf| =___________ m/s
(d) the direction of travel of the electron (i.e. the angle betweenits velocity and the x axis)
=________ °
It is not possible to see very small objects, such as viruses,using an ordinary light microscope. An electron microscope can viewsuch objects using an electron beam instead of a light beam.Electron microscopy has proved invaluable for investigations ofviruses, cell membranes and subcellular structures, bacterialsurfaces, visual receptors, chloroplasts, and the contractileproperties of muscles. The "lenses" of an electron microscopeconsist of electric and magnetic fields that control the electronbeam.
As an example of the manipulation of an electron beam, consider anelectron traveling away from the origin along the x axis in the xyplane with initial velocity v = vi. As it passes through the regionx = 0 to x = d, the electron experiences acceleration a = ax + ay,where ax and ay are constants. For the case vi = 1.77 107 m/s, ax =7.35 1014 m/s2, and ay = 1.45 1015 m/s2, determine the following,at x = d = 0.0100 m.
(a) the position of the electron
yf =__________ m
(b) the velocity of the electron
vf =________ m/s +__________ m/s
(c) the speed of the electron
|vf| =___________ m/s
(d) the direction of travel of the electron (i.e. the angle betweenits velocity and the x axis)
=________ °
