Biot-Savart Law

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Biot-Savart Law: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Biot-Savart Law, Permeability of Free Space, Permeability of a Medium, Current Element, Magnetic Field Due to a Current, Magnetic Field of a Moving Charge & Relative Permeability of a Medium etc.

Important Questions on Biot-Savart Law

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Infinite number of straight wires each carrying current I are equally placed as shown in the figure. Adjacent wires have current in opposite direction. Net magnetic field at point P is.

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Three infinitely long thin wires each carrying current i in the same direction, are in the x-y plane a gravity-free space. The central wire is along the y-axis while the other two are along x=∓d Find the locus of the points for which the magnetic field B is zero.

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Find the magnetic induction at point O, if the current carrying wire is in the shape shown in the figure.

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Find the magnetic induction at the origin in the figure shown.

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A system of long four parallel conductors whose sections with the plane of the drawing lie at the vertices of a square there flow four equal currents. The directions of these currents are as follows : those marked point away from the reader, while those marked with a dot point towards the reader. How is the vector of magnetic induction directed at the centre of the square ?

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A long straight wire carries a current of 10 A directed along the negative y-axis as shown in the figure. A uniform magnetic field B0 of magnitude 10-6 T is directed parallel to the x-axis. What is the resultant magnetic field at the following point x=2 m, z=0?
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A long straight wire AB carries a current I. A proton P travels with a speed v, parallel to the wire, at a distance d from it in a direction opposite to the current as shown in the figure. What is the force experienced by the proton and what is its direction?

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Define the relative permittivity of a medium.

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The relative permeability of a medium is 0.075. What is the magnetic susceptibility.

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A current i carrying circular arc wire AB of the length L is turned along a circle, as shown in the figure. The magnetic field at the centre O.

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The current in flowing along the path ABCD of a cube (shown in the left figure) produces a magnetic field at the centre of cube of magnitude B. Dashed line depicts the non-conducting part of the cube.

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Consider a cubical shape shown to the right which is identical in size and shape to the left. If the same current now flows in along the path DAEFGCD, then the magnitude of magnetic field at the centre will be

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An electron moving in a circular orbit of radius R makes n revolution per second. What is the magnitude of the magnetic field strength at the centre ?

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An elevator carrying a charge of 0.5 C is moving down with a velocity of 5×103 m s-1. The elevator is 4 m from the bottom and 3 m horizontally from P as shown in the figure. What magnetic field in  μT does it produce at point P.
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A square loop of side a=6 cm carries a current I=1 A. Calculate magnetic induction B (in μT) at point P, lying on the axis of loop and at a distance x=7 cm from the center of loop.

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A long straight wire in the horizontal plane carries a current of 75 A in north to south direction, magnitude and direction of field B at a point 3 m east of the wire is

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A magnetic intensity of 1500 A m-1 produces a flux of 2.4×10-5 Wb in a iron bar of cross sectional area 0.5 cm2. The permeability of the iron bar is

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If magnetic field at point P is 10-4 Tesla. Determine current i ?

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In the given figure, what is the magnetic field induction at point O .
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Current I is flowing along the path ABCD, along the four edges of the cube (figure-a), creates a magnetic field in the centre of the cube of B0 . Find the magnetic field B created at the centre of the cube by a current I flowing along the path of the six edges ABCGHEA (figure-b)
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A square loop is made by a uniform conductor wire as shown in figure

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The net magnetic field at the centre of the loop if side length of the square is a