Inductance
Inductance: Overview
This topic consists of various concepts like Flux Linkage,Induction,Mutual Induction, etc.
Important Questions on Inductance
Two coils have inductances L1 = 1200 mH and L2 = 800 mH. They are connected in such a way that flux in the two coils aid each other and inductor is measured to be 2500 mH then Mutual inductor between the coils is ___________ mH.

The SI unit of coefficient of mutual induction is

The S.I. unit of self-inductance of a coil is

The circuit arrangement given below shows that when A.C. passes through the coil , the current starts flowing in coil .
Mention the underlying principle involved.

What is the expression for the self-inductance of a long, air-cored solenoid of length , radius , and having number of turns?

The magnetic energy stored in an inductor of inductance carrying a current of is:

A coil has an inductance of and resistance of . A is applied across the coil. The energy stored in the magnetic field after the current has built up to its equilibrium value will be _____

A battery connected to a coil of resistance through a switch, drives a constant current in the circuit. The switch is opened in . The emf induced across the coil is . The inductance of the coil is :

The magnitude of induced e.m.f. in a coil of inductance in which a current is changing fromto in sec is

The mutual inductance of the system of two coils is . The current in the first coil varies according to the equation where and . The value of maximum induced emf in the second coil is _____ .

An emf induced in a secondary coil is when the current breaks in the primary. The mutual inductance isand the current reaches to zero in in primary. Calculate the maximum current in the primary before the break.

Coil 1 has self-inductance which is times the self-inductance of coil 2. If during a certain instant, the rate of increase in current and the power dissipated in these two coils is the same, then determine the ratio of
(a) their induced voltages
(b) currents
(c) energy stored in the two coils at that instant.

There is a pair of concentric and coplanar conducting loops of radii and such that . To which of the following is the mutual inductance for this pair directly proportional?

In a uniform and constant magnetic field of induction , two long conducting wires and are kept parallel to each other at distance with their plane perpendicular to . The ends and are connected together by an ideal inductor of inductance . A conducting slider wire is imparted a speed , at time . The situation is shown in the figure. AT time , the value of current through the wire is (ignore any resistance, electrical as well as mechanical)


A capacitor is charged to by a battery. The battery is removed after capacitor is fully charged. At time , a coil is connected in series with the capacitor. The maximum rate at which the current changes in the circuit is

A mutual inductor consists of two coils and as shown in figure in which one-quarter of the magnetic flux produced by links with , giving a mutual inductance . What will be the mutual inductance when is used as the primary?

A pair of adjacent coils has a mutual inductance of . If the current in one coil changes from to in . What is the change of flux linkage with the other coil?


Two coils are fixed in space at some distance from each other such that there is a flux linkage between them. When coil has no current and the current in the coil increases at the rate , the emf in the coil is . When coil has a current of , the flux linkage in coil (in ) is
