Current Carrying Loop in External Magnetic Field

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Current Carrying Loop in External Magnetic Field: Overview

This topic covers concepts such as Net Magnetic Force on a Magnetic Dipole in Uniform Magnetic Field, Net Torque on a Magnetic Dipole in Uniform Magnetic Field, and Potential Energy of a Magnetic Dipole in Uniform Magnetic Field.

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A rectangular coil PQ has 2n turns, an area 2a and carries a current 2I, (refer figure). The plane of the coil is at 6 0 o  to a horizontal uniform magnetic field of flux density B. The torque on the coil due to magnetic force is

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A conducting ring of mass 2 kg and radius 0.5 m is placed on a smooth horizontal plane. The ring carries a current i=4 A. A horizontal magnetic field B=10 T is switched on at time t=0 as shown in the figure. The initial angular acceleration of the ring will be

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A cone made of insulating material has a total charge Q spread uniformly over its sloping surface having a slant length L. The energy required to take a test charge q from infinity to apex A of the cone will be
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A wire loop carrying current i is placed in the x-y plane as shown in the figure. If an external uniform magnetic field B=Bi^ is switched on, then the torque acting on the loop is

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A magnetic needle suspended parallel to a magnetic field requires 3 J of work to turn it through 60°. The torque needed to maintain the needle in this position will be

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Which of the following is the correct orientation of unstable equilibrium.

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When a current carrying loop is placed in a uniform magnetic field with its magnetic moment directed anti-parallel to the field then equilibrium is

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Torques τ1 and τ2 are required for a magnetic needle to remain perpendicular to the magnetic fields B1 and B2 at two different places. The ratio B1:B2 is

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A magnet of magnetic moment 2 J T-1 is aligned in the direction of magnetic field of 0.1T.
What is the net work done to bring the magnet normal to the magnetic field?

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A bar magnet is hung by a thin cotton thread in a uniform horizontal magnetic field and is in equilibrium state. The energy required to rotate it by 60o is W. Now, the torque required to keep the magnet in this new position is

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A rectangular loop of sides 10 cm and 5 cm, carrying a current I of 12 A, is placed in different orientations as shown in the figure below.
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If there is a uniform magnetic field of 0.3 T in the positive z-direction, in which orientations the loop would be in (i) stable equilibrium and (ii) unstable equilibrium?

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A magnetic dipole in a uniform magnetic field has: (Take zero potential energy when magnetic dipole is perpendicular to magnetic field)

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A beam of neutrons performs circular motion of radius, r=1 m, under the influence of an inhomogeneous magnetic field with inhomogeneity extending over Δr=0.01 m. The speed of the neutrons is 54 ms-1. The mass and magnetic moment of the neutrons respectively are 1.67×10-27 kg and 9.67×10-27 J/T. The average variation of the magnetic field over Δr is approximately.

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A magnet of magnetic moment M is situated with its axis along the direction of a magnetic field of strength B. The work done in rotating it by an angle of 180° will be

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A wire of length L is bent in the form of a circular coil and current i is passed through it. If this coil is placed in a magnetic field, then the torque acting on the coil will be maximum when the number of turns is

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A coil in the shape of an equilateral triangle of side 0.02 m is suspended from its vertex, such that it is hanging in a vertical plane between the pole pieces of permanent magnet producing a uniform field of 5×10-2 T. If a current of 0.1 A is passed through the coil, what is the couple acting?

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A magnet of magnetic moment 50i^ A m2 is placed along the X-axis in a magnetic field B=0.5i^+3.0j^ T. The torque acting on the magnet is :-

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A current carrying loop is free to turn in a uniform magnetic field. The loop will then come into equilibrium when its plane is inclined at

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Four wires, of equal length, are bent in the form of four loops, P, Q, R and S. They are suspended in a uniform magnetic field and same current is passed through them. The maximum torque will act on

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A circular loop with N  turns has radius r . It lies in x-y plane carrying current I in anti-clockwise direction. If the magnetic field in the region is B=B0i^, then find the torque (τ) acting on the loop.