The Solenoid and the Toroid
The Solenoid and the Toroid: Overview
This topic covers concepts, such as, Magnetic Field Due to a Solenoid Using Ampere's Law, Magnetic Field on the Axis of a Current Carrying Solenoid & Magnetic Field at One End on the Axis of a Current Carrying Solenoid etc.
Important Questions on The Solenoid and the Toroid
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.

A long metallic wire is cut into two equal pieces. Two circular coils are made of them. One with radius , has one turn and the other with radius has two turns. They are connected in series to an electrical circuit. The ratio of magnetic induction at the centre of the wires is

What is the formula for magnetic field for a long solenoid?

The current required to be passed through a solenoid of length and turns in order to demagnetise a bar magnet of magnetic intensity is ________ .

The magnetic intensity at the centre of a long current carrying solenoid is found to be . If the number of turns is per , then the current flowing through the solenoid is

A linear solenoid is made of a copper wire of diameter . It has a length of , diameter and turns. If the two ends of the solenoid is connected to a battery of emf and current is sent through it, determine the magnetic field produced at the mid-point on the axis of the solenoid. Resistivity of copper =

A circular coil of radius and having turns is made of an insulated copper wire of diameter . If current is sent through it by connecting its two ends with a battery of emf , what will be the magnetic field produced at its centre? Resistivity of copper: =

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

A coil wrapped around toroid has inner radius of and an outer radius of If the wire wrapping makes turns and carries a current of The maximum and minimum values of the magnetic field with in the toroid are _______

The magnetic field inside a long solenoid is

A long solenoid contains another coaxial solenoid whose radius 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 to is :

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

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

A long solenoid has turns per cm and carries a current . The magnetic field at its centre is . Another long solenoid has turns per and it carries a current The value of the magnetic field at its centre is Write the value of where is the greatest integer function.

Using Ampere’s circuital law, obtain the expression for the magnetic field due to a long solenoid at a point inside the solenoid on its axis.

A solenoid has length . Its winding is in double layer, each layer having turns. Its radius is . Find magnetic field at its center when current in it is .

A long solenoid has turns. Its radius is . Find magnetic field at its axis, if current in it is . Find the force on electron moving with velocity along the axis.

Compare magnetic field of a bar magnet and a current-carrying solenoid.

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

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