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A long straight wire carrying a current of 200 A runs through a cubical box, entering and leaving through holes in the centres of opposite faces as shown in figure. Each side of the box is of 20 cm.

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Consider an element PQ of the wire 1 cm long at the centre of the box. Calculate the magnetic field produced by this element at the point A, B, C and D. The points A, B and C are the centres of the faces of the cube and D is the midpoint of one edge.

Important Questions on Magnetic Effect of Current

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A long straight telephone cable contains six wires each carrying a current of 0.5 A. The distance between the wires is negligible. What is the magnitude of magnetic field at a distance of 10 cm from the cable (i) if the currents in all the six wires are in same direction (ii) if four wires carry current in one direction and the other two in opposite direction?
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Calculate the magnetic induction at the centre of a coil bent in the form of a square of side 10 cm10 cm carrying a current of 10 A.

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A closed circuit is in the form of a regular hexagon of side a. If the circuit carries current I, what is magnetic induction at the centre of hexagon?
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Two straight long conductors AOB and COD are perpendicular to each other and carry currents I1 and I2 respectively. Find the magnitude of the magnetic field at point P at a distance a from the point O in a direction perpendicular to the plane ABCDABCD.
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Two insulating infinitely long conductors carrying currents I1 and I2 lie mutually perpendicular to each other in the same plane as shown in figure. Find the magnetic field at point P(a,b).

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Consider a tightly wound 100100 turn coil of radius 10 cm, carrying a current of 1 A. What is the magnitude of magnetic field at the centre of the coil?
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A circular loop of one turn carries a current of 5.0 A. If the magnetic field at the centre is 0.20 mT, find the radius of loop.
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What current has to be maintained in a circular coil of wire of 50 turns and 2.54 cm in radius in order to just cancel the effect of earth’s magnetic field at a place where the horizontal component of earth’s field is 1.86×105 T?