Solenoid and Toroid

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Solenoid and Toroid: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Solenoid, Magnetic Field Due to a Solenoid Using Ampere's Law, Magnetic Field at One End on the Axis of a Current Carrying Solenoid & Magnetic Field Due to a Finite Length of Solenoid etc.

Important Questions on Solenoid and Toroid

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Using Ampere’s circuital law,obtain an expression for the magnetic field along the axis of a current carrying solenoid of length l and having N number of turns.

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A toroid of n turns, mean radius R and cross-sectional radius a carries current I. It is placed on a horizontal table taken as xy-plane. Its magnetic moment m _______

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The magnetic field inside a long solenoid is

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A long solenoid contains another coaxial solenoid whose radius R is half of its own. Their coils have the same number of turns per unit length and initially both carry no current. At the same instant current start increasing linearly with time in both solenoid. At any moment the current flowing in the inner coil is twice as large as that in the outer one and their directions are the same. The ratio of the magnetic field at r<R to R<r<2 R is :

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When the number of turns in a toroidal coil is doubled, then the value of magnetic flux density will become,

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A short solenoid (length l and radius r with n turns per unit length) lies well inside and on the axis of a very long, coaxial solenoid (length L, radius R and N turns per unit length, with R>r). Current I follows in the short solenoid. Choose the correct statement.

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An infinitely long solenoid of radius a =5πcm and 10 turns cm-1 is placed such that its axis of symmetry lies along the X-axis. A current I is flowing through the solenoid ( X means that I is flowing into and · means it is flowing out of the page). A straight infinite wire with current 25 I is placed parallel to the X-axis at a distance a2 away from the center. Which of the following gives the direction of net magnetic field at the origin?

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A long solenoid has 200 turns per cm and carries a current i. The magnetic field at its centre is 6.28×10-2 Wb m-2. Another long solenoid has 100 turns per cm and it carries a current i3. The value of the magnetic field at its centre is α×10-2  Wb m-2. Write the value of α, where   is the greatest integer function.

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A long solenoid has six layers of windings of 450 turns each. If diameter is 2.2 cm, length is 90 cm and current carried is 6 A, then calculate the magnitude of magnetic field inside the solenoid.

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Calculate the magnitude of magnetic induction at one end of a solenoid of 100 turns and total length 50 cm if it carries a current of 2.5 A.

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Two current-carrying solenoids exhibit: 

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A tightly wound solenoid of radius a and length l has n turns per unit length. It carries an electric current i. Magnetic field at a distance l4 from one of the end (inside the solenoid on its axis) is B=μ0ni5+3K for l=4a . Find the value of K.

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A solenoid of 2.5 m length and 2.0 cm diameter possesses 10 turns per cm. A current of 0.5 A is flowing through it. The magnetic induction at axis inside the solenoid is

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A long solenoid is fabricated to closely winding wire of radius 0.5 mm over a cylindrical frame, so that the successive turns nearly touch each other. The magnetic field at the centre of solenoid, if it carries a current of 5 A is.

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The turns of a solenoid, designed to provide a given magnetic flux density along its axis, are wound to fill the space between two concentric cylinders of fixed radii. How should the diameter d of the wire used be chosen so as to minimize the heat dissipated in the windings?

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An iron ring of relative permeability has windings of insulated copper wire of n turns per metre. When the current in the windings is I, find the expression for the magnetic field in the ring. (b)Identify the type of magnetic material. Draw the modification of the field pattern on keeping a piece of this material in a uniform magnetic field.

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A solenoid of length 1.0m has a radius of 1cm and has a total of 1000 turns wound on it. It carries a current of 5A. If an electron were to move with a speed of 104 ms-1 along the axis of this current carrying solenoid the force experienced by this electron is

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If B and E denote induction of magnetic field and energy density at the mid-point of a long solenoid carrying a current I, then which of the following graph is correct-

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Field inside a solenoid is -

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Two coaxial long solenoids of equal lengths have currents i1 and i2, the number of turns per unit length n1 and n2 and radii r1 and r2 r2>r1 respectively. If n1i1=n2i2 and the two solenoids carry currents in the opposite sense, the magnetic energy stored per unit length is