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What is the principle of a cyclotron ?

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Cyclotron is a device used to accelerate charged particles to high energies. It was devised by Lawrence. Cyclotron works on the principle that a charged particle moving normal to a magnetic field experiences magnetic Lorentz force due to which the particle moves in a circular path.

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