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Beyond Lorentz force

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When a wire is placed in a magnetic field, Lorentz force acts on an electron in a direction perpendicular to velocity and to the magnetic field, since the magnetic force is perpendicular to the velocity the electron will only change direction with no velocity change, what happens after that, I have heard that the electron will move in circles, is that true??

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