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It is established that an electric current through a metallic conductor produces a magnetic field around it. Is there a similar magnetic field produced around a thin beam of moving (i) alpha particles, (ii) neutrons? Justify your answer.

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(i) Yes, as a thin beam of alpha particles (which are positively charged) is like a straight conductor carrying current.
(ii) No, as a thin beam if neutrons (being neutral particles) does not behave like a conductor carrying current.
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