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Helmholtz coil is used to produce uniform magnetic field between coils.

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Important Questions on Magnetic Effects of Electric Current

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Two infinitely long parallel wires carry currents of magnitude I1 and I2 and are at a distance 4 cm apart. The magnitude of the net magnetic field is found to reach a non-zero minimum values between the two wires and 1 cm away from the first wire. The ratio of the two currents and their mutual direction is
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Two infinitely long straight wires lie in the xy - plane along the lines x=±R. The wire located at x = +R carries a constant current I1 and the wire located at x =-R carries a constant current I2. A circular loop of radius R is suspended with its centre at 0, 03R and in a plane parallel to the xy - plane. This loop carries a constant current I in the clockwise direction as seen from above the loop. The current in the wire is taken to be positive if it is in the +j^ direction. Which of the following statements regarding the magnetic field B is (are) true?
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Two infinitely long wires each carrying current I along the same direction are made into the geometry as shown in the figure below.
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The magnetic field at the point P is
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The magnetic induction at a point P which is at a distance of 4 cm from a long current carrying wire is 10-3 T . The field of induction at a distance 12 cm from the current will be
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A circular coil carrying current I has a radius R and magnetic field at the centre is B. The distance from the centre along the axis of the same coil where the magnetic field will be B8 is
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A wire bent in the shape of a regular n polygonal loop carries a steady current I. Let l be the perpendicular distance of a given segment and R be the distance of a vertex both from the centre of the loop. The magnitude of the magnetic field at the centre of the loop is given by,
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An electron moving in a circular orbit of radius r makes n rotations per second. The magnetic field produced at the center has magnitude:
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A cylindrical conductor of radius R is carrying a constant current. The plot of the magnitude of the magnetic field B with the distance d from the centre of the conductor is correctly represented by the figure.
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A Helmholtz coil has a pair of loops, each with N turns and radius R . They are placed coaxially at distance R and the same current I flows through the loops in the same direction. The magnitude of the magnetic field at P, midway between the centres A and C, is given by [Refer to figure given below]:
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One of the two identical conducting wires of length L is bent in the form of a circular loop and the other one into a circular coil of N identical turns. If the same current is passed in both, the ratio of the magnetic field at the centre of the loop BL to that at the centre of the coil BC, i.e. BLBC will be
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A small current element of length dl and carrying current is placed at (1, 1, 0) and is carrying current in '+ z' direction. If magnetic field at origin be B1 and at point (2, 2, 0) be B2 then:
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The magnetic field at a point due to a current-element is directly proportional to
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Two very long, straight, and insulated wires are kept at 90° angle from each other in xy plane as shown in the figure.
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These wires carry currents of equal magnitude I , whose direction are shown in the figure. The net magnetic field at point P will be:

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The magnitude of a magnetic field at the centre of a circular coil of radius R , having N turns and carrying a current I can be doubled by changing
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The magnitude of the magnetic field at the centre of an equilateral triangular loop of side 1 m which is carrying a current of 10 A is:
[Take  μ0=4π×10-7 A-2 ]
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A circular coil of wire consisting of 100 turns each of radius 9 cm carries a current of 0.4 A. The magnitude of the magnetic field at the centre of coil is μ0=12.56×107 SI Units
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A thin ring of 10 cm radius carries a uniformly distributed charge. The ring rotates at a constant angular speed of 40π rad s-1 about its axis, perpendicular to its plane. Is the magnetic field its centre is 3.8×10-9 T , then the charge carried by the ring is close to μ0=4π×10-7 N A-2.
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Two long parallel wires placed 0.08 m apart, carry currents 3 A and 5 A in the same direction. What is the distance from the conductor carrying the larger current to the point where the resultant magnetic field is zero?
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A square loop, carrying a steady current I, is placed in a horizontal plane near a long straight conductor carrying a steady current I1 at a distance d from the conductor as shown in the figure. The loop will experience
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Two concentric circular loops, one of radius R and the other of radius 2R, lie in the xy-plane with the origin as their common center, as shown in the figure. The smaller loop carries current I1 in the anti-clockwise direction and the larger loop carries current I2 in the clockwise direction, with I2>2I1. Bx,y denotes the magnetic field at a point x,y in the xy-plane. Which of the following statement(s) is (are) correct?

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