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5 Magnetic elds
elds and electromagnetism
1 a (The force F is given by F = BIl sin .)
The force is a maximum when the angle
between the wire and the magnetic eld is 90.
b The force is zero when the angle between the
wire and the magnetic eld is 0.
(The wire is parallel to the magnetic eld.)
2 a F = BIl I (force current)
Hence, the force increases by a factor of 3.0
to a value of 1.41 102 N.
b F = BIl B (force magnetic ux density)
Hence, the force is halved to a value
of 2.35 103 N.
c F = BIl l (force length of wire in
the eld)
Hence, the force is reduced to 40% of its
initial value to 1.88 103 N.

b The force on strip A is towards strip B and

the force on strip B is towards strip A, i.e. the
strips attract each other.
This is because strip A, on its own, produces
a magnetic eld vertically down the paper at
strip B by the right-hand rule. The left-hand
rule can then be applied to strip B which has a
current into the plane of the paper and a eld
down the paper and so the force is to the left,
towards strip A.
5 a The current is from Y to X. This is because Q
shows that the magnetic eld above the wire,
produced by the current, is from west to east.
The right-hand rule then shows the current is
upwards.
b P points towards the north-west.
c Q then points towards the north-west.

3 a F = BIl sin
3.8 103
B= F =
Il sin 1.2 0.03 sin 50
B = 0.138 T 0.14 T
b The direction is given by Flemings left-hand
rule. The wire experiences a force into the
plane of the paper.
4 a

Clockwise magnetic eld lines around and

close to each strip.
Elliptical lines further away from the strips,
eventually becoming elliptical around both
strips and, even farther away, the shape
becomes circular (not shown in the diagram).

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