Force on a Current Carrying Conductor in Magnetic Field

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Force on a Current Carrying Conductor in Magnetic Field: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as Force on a Straight Current Wire in Uniform Magnetic Field, Direction of Magnetic Force on a Current Carrying Wire, Force on a Curved Current Wire in Uniform Magnetic Field, etc.

Important Questions on Force on a Current Carrying Conductor in Magnetic Field

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A semi circular current carrying wire having radius R is placed in x-y plane with its centre at origin Ο. There is non-uniform magnetic field B=Box2Rk^ hereBo is +ve constant  is existing in the region. The magnetic force acting on semi-circular wire will be along:

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Electric charge q is uniformly distributed over a rod of length l. The rod is placed parallel to a long wire carrying a current i. The separation between the rod and the wire is a. Find the force needed to move the rod along its length with a uniform velocity v.

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A parallel plate capacitor is charged by a battery. After some time the battery is disconnected and a dielectric slab of dielectric constant K is inserted between the plates. How would (i) the capacitance, (ii) the electric field between the plates and (iii) the energy stored in the capacitor, be affected?

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Figure shows a rectangular current-carrying loop placed 2 cm away from a long, straight, current-carrying conductor. What is the magnitude of the net force acting on the loop in  10 4 N .

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A current carrying wire is placed parallel to the lines of force in a magnetic field.

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The horizontal component of Earth’s magnetic field at a certain place is 3.0×10-5 T. It is directed from the geographic south to the geographic north. The force per unit length on a very long straight conductor carrying a steady current of 1.2 A in east-west direction is:

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A current of 10 A is flowing in a wire of length 1.5 m. A force of 15 N acts on it when it is placed in a uniform magnetic field of 2 T. The angle between the magnetic field and the direction of the current is:

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A metal wire of mass m slides without friction on two rails placed at a distance l apart. The track lies in a uniform vertical magnetic field B. A constant current i flows along the rails across the wire and back down the other rail. The acceleration of the wire is

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3 A of current is flowing in a linear conductor having a length of 40 cm. The conductor is placed in a magnetic field of strength 500 gauss and makes an angle of 30° with direction of the field. It experiences a force of magnitude

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Two free parallel wires carrying currents in the opposite directions

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A horizontal wire of length 0.05 m carries a current of 5 A. If the mass of the wire is 10 milligrams, the minimum magnetic field required to support the weight of the wire is g=10 m s-2

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The magnetic force per unit length on a wire carrying a current of 10 A and making an angle of 45° with the direction of a uniform magnetic field of 0.20 T is

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The horizontal component of Earth’s magnetic field at a certain place is 3.0×10-5 T. It is directed from the geographic south to the geographic north. The force per unit length on a very long straight conductor carrying a steady current of 1.2 A in east-west direction is:

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A current of 10 A is flowing in a wire of length 1.5 m. A force of 15 N acts on it when it is placed in a uniform magnetic field of 2 T. The angle between the magnetic field and the direction of the current is:

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A loop of flexible conducting wire lies in a magnetic field of 2.0 T with its P perpendicular to the field. The length of the wire is 1 m. When a current of 1.1 A is passed through the loop. It opens into circle, then the tension developed in the wire is

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A conducting circular loop of radius r carries a constant current i . It is placed in a uniform magnetic field B, such that B is perpendicular to the plane of the loop. The magnetic force acting on the loop is

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A conductor AB of length l carrying a current i is placed perpendicular to a long straight conductor XY carrying a current I as shown. The force on AB will be


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Currents of 10 A , 2 A are passed through two parallel wires A and B respectively in opposite directions. If the wire A is infinetely long and the length of the wire B is 2 metre, the force on the conductor B, which is situated at 10cm distance from A will be

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A horizontal wire of length 0.05m carries a current of 5A. If the mass of the wire is 10mg, the minimum magnetic field required to support the weight of the wire is g=10ms2