Two ions have the same mass, but one is singly ionized and

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Two ions have the same mass, but one is singly ionized and the other is doubly ionized. How will their positions on the film of a mass spectrometer (Fig.  differ?

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QUESTION:

Two ions have the same mass, but one is singly ionized and the other is doubly ionized. How will their positions on the film of a mass spectrometer (Fig.  differ?

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If we use  the equation for the mass spectrometer we get that the mass of the atoms is:

From the above equation we get that the radius of the circular path is:

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