TRIUMF Physics In Action - Lesson 5: Magnetic Beam Steering

Discover why magnetic fields are used instead of electric fields for the very high speed particles; find the magnetic field strength using Newton's Laws to examine circular motion in magnetic fields.

TRIUMF's initiative creates science education videos for high schools by providing lesson plans, resources and video-clip demonstrations of how physics principles are applied in a real-world environment, such as the nuclear and particle physics laboratory at TRIUMF. Each lesson on the DVD uses different stages of TRIUMF's particle accelerator to demonstrate clear and simple explanations of physics. The standard concepts of electricity, magnetism, potential and kinetic energy, classical mechanics and forces are illustrated using the TRIUMF cyclotron and other accelerators -- technology that cannot be accessed in normal classroom experience.

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• TRIUMF
• Laboratory
• Particle
• Nuclear
• Physics