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daisy3110
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Hi,
I'm currently doing my extended essay for the IB in physics and I'm basing mine around the Gauss gun (similar post that explains it really well here https://www.physicsforums.com/threa...celerator-magnetic-linear-accelerator.320389/). What I was wondering was how I would calculate a value for the force on the ball bearing due to the magnetic field and/or the potential energy of the ball bearing at varying distances from the magnet?
I was also really interested by the suggestion in the above post about the effect of temperature on the acceleration - does anyone know at what temperature this effect may be noticeable? Using school equipment the range of temperatures will be quite limited!
I would be really grateful for any advice.
I'm currently doing my extended essay for the IB in physics and I'm basing mine around the Gauss gun (similar post that explains it really well here https://www.physicsforums.com/threa...celerator-magnetic-linear-accelerator.320389/). What I was wondering was how I would calculate a value for the force on the ball bearing due to the magnetic field and/or the potential energy of the ball bearing at varying distances from the magnet?
I was also really interested by the suggestion in the above post about the effect of temperature on the acceleration - does anyone know at what temperature this effect may be noticeable? Using school equipment the range of temperatures will be quite limited!
I would be really grateful for any advice.