Magnetic Field due to Current in a Straight Wire
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Important Questions on Magnetic Field due to Current in a Straight Wire
Two very long straight parallel wires, parallel to -axis, carry currents and , along -direction and -direction, respectively. The wires pass through the -axis at the points and respectively. The graph of magnetic field -component as one moves along the -axis from to , is best given by

Equal current i is flowing in three infinitely long wires along positive x, y and z directions. The magnitude field at a point (0, 0, -a) would be:

Find the magnetic field at due to the arrangement shown.

Two mutually perpendicular conductors carrying currents respectively, lie in one plane. Locus of the point at which the magnetic induction is zero, is a:

A current is flowing in a hexagonal coil of side as shown in the figure. The magnetic induction at the centre of the coil will be:

A long straight wire of circular cross-section (radius ) is carrying steady current The current is uniformly distributed across this cross-section. The magnetic field is

A long straight wire carrying current lies along-axis. Find the magnetic field at

Two parallel infinitely long current carrying wires are shown in the figure. If the resultant magnetic field at point P is zero, then the current is

The position of point from wire 'B', where the net magnetic field is zero due to following current distribution is

Two infinite parallel wires separated by carry current in the same direction. The magnetic field at a point from each wire is

Find due to the long current carrying parallel wires shown

and wires are given below. Find the ratio of total magnetic field due to and at points and

Six very long insulated copper wires are bound together to form a cable. The currents carried by the wires are , and . The magnetic induction at a perpendicular distance of from the cable is

Two long straight wires and are placed apart and carry current and respectively in same direction. A point is from wire and from wire . What is the magnitude of resultant magnetic field at '' in unit?

Find at the origin, due to the long wire, carrying a current .

A single coiled rectangular loop of wire with length and width is placed near to an infinitely long wire carrying current . The loop runs away from the wire with speed as shown. Find the current in the loop if resistance of wire of loop is .

Mention the factors the magnetic field due to an infinitely long straight current carrying wire depends upon.

Four infinitely long parallel wires pass through the four corners of a square of side that lies in a plane perpendicular to the wires (see figure).
They all carry equal steady currents . Currents in the wires passing through and point out of the page, and the currents in the wires passing through and point into the page as shown in the figure. The magnitude of the magnetic field at the centre of the square is

Magnetic field at a distance from an infinitely long straight conductor carrying a steady current varies as

A current of is passing through an infinitely long wire which lies along the axis of an infinitely long solenoid of radius . The magnetic field produced by the solenoid in the direction of the current in the wire is . What is the approximate magnitude of the resultant magnetic field at a point radially away from the solenoid acis? (Use )
