Question

Imagine that instead of balls, you were rolling positively charged ions of the same element).

One ion has a +1 charge, one ion has a +2 charge, and one ion has a +3 charge. Instead of a
hair dryer, you now have a giant positively charged magnet. Which ion do you think would
be deflected the most by the magnet? Which ion would be deflected the least by the magnet?
Why?

Answer 1

the ion with a +3 charge would be deflected the most by the magnet because it has the strongest positive charge therefore it will be the one being the most repelled. and the ion that would be deflected the least would be the ion with a +1 charge because it has the least amount of charge so the magnet will still repel it but just not as much as it will repel the ion with a +3 charge.

hope that helps