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The mass-to-charge ratio ratio (\(m/Q\)) is a physical quantity that is widely used in the electrodynamics of charged particles, for example, in electron optics and ion optics. The importance of the mass-to-charge ratio, according to classical electrodynamics, is that two particles with the same mass-to-charge ratio move in the same path in a vacuum when subjected to the same electric and magnetic fields. Its SI units are \(kg/C\), but it can also be measured in Thomson (\(Th\)). |
