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in cyclotron , whenever the charged particle completes half circle and crosses the region between the two Ds ,the electric field gets reversed so as to accelerate the charged particle. but how does changing of the electric field accelerates the particle

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Cyclotron accelerates positive charges, so when this charged particle crossesthe gap between the Dees, the polarity of opposite Dee changes and becomesnegative so that this negative polarity of the Dee could attract and acceleratethe positive charge to be energiged.

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