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A very long thin strip of metal of width 'b' carries a current I along its length as shown in figure

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Find the magnitude of magnetic field in the plane of the strip at a distance 'a' from the edge nearest to the point.

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Important Questions on Magnetic Effect of Current

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A current of 45 A is passing through an infinitely long wire which lies along the axis of an infinitely long solenoid of radius 1 cm. The magnetic field produced by the solenoid in the direction of the current in the wire is 4mT. What is the approximate magnitude of the resultant magnetic field at a point 3 mm radially away from the solenoid acis? (Use μ0=4π×10-7 T m/A )
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1A current flows through an infinitely long straight wire. The magnetic field produced at a point 1 m away from it is
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The graph showing the variation of the magnetic field strength (B) with distance (r) from a long current carrying conductor is

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Four infinitely long parallel wires pass through the four corners of a square PQRS of side a that lies in a plane perpendicular to the wires (see figure).

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They all carry equal steady currents I. Currents in the wires passing through P and Q point out of the page, and the currents in the wires passing through R and S point into the page as shown in the figure. The magnitude of the magnetic field at the centre O of the square is 

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A long, straight Wire of radius a carries a current distributed uniformly over its cross-section. The ratio of the magnetic fields due to the wire at distance a3 and 2a , respectively from the axis of the wire is:
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Two long straight wires vertically pierced the plane of the paper at vertices of an equilateral triangle as shown in figure. They each carry 2 A, out of the paper. The magnetic field at the third vertex P has magnitude.

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Two long straight parallel conductors carry steady current l1and l2 separated by a distance 'd' if the currents are flowing in the same direction show how the magnetic field set up in one produces an attractive force on the other. Obtain the expression for this force. Hence define one ampere

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The magnetic field at a distance r from a long wire carrying current i is 0.4 T. The magnetic field at a distance 2r
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Two long straight parallel wires are a distance 2 d apart. They carry steady equal currents flowing out of the plane of the paper. The variation of magnetic field B along the line xx ' is given by
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A long straight wire of circular cross-section (radius a) is carrying steady current I. The current I is uniformly distributed across this cross-section. The magnetic field is

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The magnetic induction at a point P which is at a distance of 4 cm from a long current carrying wire is 10-3 T . The field of induction at a distance 12 cm from the current will be
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Obtain an expression for the magnetic induction at a point due to an infinitely long straight conductor carrying current.

 

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The intensity of magnetic field due to current I in a long straight wire is proportional to
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An electric current I flows through an infinitely long conductor as shown in Figure below. Write an expression and direction for the magnetic field at point P.

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Define Lorentz force. Derive an expression for the force on a current carrying conductor placed inside a uniform magnetic field.
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Draw a diagram and derive an expression for magnetic field due to an infinitely long straight current carrying conductor at any point.
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Two very long straight wires each carrying a current I are placed at r1=l j^ and r2=-l j^. The wires carry the current out of page (in k^ direction). If the magnitude of magnetic field due to current in wires at point r3=2l i^ is B=αμ0Il, then the value of constant α is (μ0 is the magnetic permeability)
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Two very long, straight, and insulated wires are kept at 90° angle from each other in xy plane as shown in the figure.
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These wires carry currents of equal magnitude I , whose direction are shown in the figure. The net magnetic field at point P will be:

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Two infinitely long parallel wires carry currents of magnitude I1 and I2 and are at a distance 4 cm apart. The magnitude of the net magnetic field is found to reach a non-zero minimum values between the two wires and 1 cm away from the first wire. The ratio of the two currents and their mutual direction is