why are alpha and beta rays deflected in opposite directions in a magnetic field



 Alpha particles and beta particles have different properties, the alpha particles are helium  nucleus, they have two positive charges just like a completely ionized helium ion .
 a beta particle is a stream of a fast moving electron, it has a charge of negative one and a mass of an electron.
 According to the law of electrostatic force, like charges attracts while unlike charges repels.
 An alpha particle is positively charged, therefore when subjective to an electro-magnetic field it will be deflected to the negative pole.
A beta particle is negatively charged when subjected to an electro-magnetic field it will be deflected to the positive poles
Other properties of alpha particles are they are helium nucleus, they are most ionizing radiations, they cause fluorescence when they hit a photographic plates,  they are most least penetrationg among, they the slowest, they can be stopped by a thin sheet of paper or clothes and they are the most dangerous radiations.
Beta ray  have other properties apart from the above, they  are faster than alpha but slower than gamma, they more penetrating than alpha particle but less than gamma rays, they  ionizes gases, they travel at  speed  close to the speed of light,  they are penetration than alpha particles but less than gamma, they are cause fluorescence, they deflected to  the north pole in a magnetic field

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