The syllabus says:
5. Atomic Physics
b) Characteristics of the three kids of emission
-describe their [alpha, beta and gamma particles] deflection in electric fields and magnetic fields.
Questions based on this is pretty popular as I have seen them in numerous papers. But I don't have any notes on them and my textbook is no help what so ever. Can anyone shed some light on it?
Magnetic FieldIf a very narrow beam of radiation from a sample of radium is given out in the presence of a magnetic field in a cloud chamber, the rays will leave 3 different tracks of cloud: gamma rays keep going straight, but alpha and beta radiations curve in opposite directions.
Electric FieldBeing charged particles, alpha and beta can be deflected in an electric field, but gamma rays cannot. Alpha moves towards negative plate and beta moves toward positive plate.