University of Calgary Physics 259 Lecture 26: The Magnetic Field Due to a Current

LECTURE 26: THE MAGNETIC FIELD DUE TO A CURRENT

THE MAGNETIC FIELD DUE TO A CURRENT Section 29.1

Coulomb’s Law The Biot-Savart law (Rhymes with “leo”-“bazar”)

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Example 2: Use the Biot-Savart law to derive the magnetic field at a point that is a distance R from a
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Two long straight wires in the xy plane are d = 3.40 m m apart and have lengths of
Example 3:
L = 10.0 cm. Each wire carries 12.0 mA with currents antiparallel as shown. What is the
magnetic field at the midpoint, half way between the two wires?

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