Exam-hall rules — one ion, every law
This is the boss. No calculator. Every value is a clean power of ten and every division is meant to happen in your head — the elementary charge is , and the exponents do most of the work.
Here is the composition the whole chapter has been walking toward. The magnetic force is the only sideways actor in the chamber, and it is always perpendicular to the motion — so it never changes the ion's speed, only its direction. A force that does exactly that is a centripetal force, , where is the ion's mass in kilograms and is the radius of the arc it traces, in metres. Set the supply equal to the demand — — and one factor of cancels off both sides, leaving , with the ion's momentum in .
Momentum on top, grip underneath. Heavier or faster, wider arc; more charge or more field, tighter arc. That one line separates isotopes, dates rocks and catches dopers — and the last stage of this problem is not a number but a verdict: does the ion land on the plate, or hit the wall? Write every line down as you go. One early slip rolls the whole way to the detector. 5★ under par here is the chapter crown.