// Scilab code Ex2.2: Pg:79(2008) clc;clear; amu = 1.67e-027; // Mass of a nucleon, kg E = 8e+004; // Electric field in a Bainbridge mass spectrograph, V/m B = 0.55; // Magnetic induction, Wb per square meter M1 = 20; // Atomic mass of first isotope of neon, amu M2 = 22; // Atomic mass of second isotope of neon, amu q = 1.602e-019; // Charge of the ion, coulomb delta_x = 2*E*(M2-M1)*amu/(q*B^2); // Separation between the lines, mm printf("\nLinear separation between the lines on a photographic plates = %4.2f m", delta_x); // Result // Linear separation between the lines on a photographic plates= 0.01 m