Experimental Report 2

MEASUREMENT OF MAGNETIC FIELD

INSIDE A SOLENOID WITH FINITE LENGTH

Class: 736043 - PH1026 Verification of the instructors

Group: 3
Name: Hong Huy Hoang
Student ID: 20227813
I. Experimental Motivations:
- Investigate the magnetic field at a position along the axis of solenoid
- Investigate the relationship between the magnetic field and the current
through the solenoid
II. Experimental Results:
1. Investigation of the magnetic field at the position along the axis of
solenoid– B(x):
Table 1
I = 0.3(A)
x (cm) B (mT) x (cm) B (mT) x (cm) B (mT)
1 0.35 11 0.75 21 0.75
2 0.57 12 0.76 22 0.75
3 0.66 13 0.76 23 0.75
4 0.7 14 0.76 24 0.75
5 0.73 15 0.76 25 0.74
6 0.74 16 0.76 26 0.73
7 0.74 17 0.76 27 0.71
8 0.75 18 0.76 28 0.67
9 0.75 19 0.76 29 0.60
10 0.75 20 0.76 30 0.38

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 2. Measurement of the relationship between the magnetic field and the
current through the solenoid – B(I):
Table 2
x = 15 (cm)
I (A) B (mT)
0.10 0.63
0.15 0.69
0.20 0.81
0.25 1.08
0.30 1.41
0.35 1.59
0.40 1.87
0.45 1.96
0.50 2.24
0.55 2.54
3. Comparison of experimental and theoretical magnetic field:
Table 3
I = 0.4 (A)
x (cm) B (mT)
0 0.89
15 1.87
30 1.05
III. Data Analysis:
1. Relationship between the magnetic field and the position of the probe
inside the solenoid:

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 B (mT)
1.6

1.4

1.2

0.8

0.6

0.4

0.2

0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
x
B (mT) (cm)

- The statistics show that the magnetic field inside a solenoid depends on
the position of the probe inside. The magnitude of the magnetic field increase
from x = 0cm to x = 16cm, and then decrease with exact the same pace as it
increase to the end of the Table 1, x = 30cm.

2. Relationship between the magnetic field and the applied voltage:

- The statistics shows that the magnitude of the magnetic field and the
voltage has a linear relationship. But in this case, the resistance is
unchanged, so the current also has linear relationship with the voltage. So,
we can see that relationship between the magnetic field and the applied
current is also linear.

3. Comparison of experimental and theoretical magnetic field:

We have:
μ0 μ r
B=. I . n0 (cos γ 1−cos γ 2 )
2
- In this case, µr = 1, µ0 = 1.256×10-6
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 n 0= L = −3
=2500(round per unit length)
300 ×10
 I 0=I √2=0.4 √ 2=0.566 (A)
x
 cos γ 1=
√ R + x2
2

−L−x
 cos γ 2= R2 +(L−x)2
√
3
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 R= 2 = 2 =20.2 (mm)
 x = 0(cm): cos γ 1= 0; cos γ 2= -0.998
B=¿ 0.01 p(mT)
 x = 15(cm): cos γ 1= 0.991; cos γ 2= -0.991
B=¿ 1.76 (mT)
 x = 30(cm): cos γ 1= 0.998; cos γ 2= 0
B=¿ 0.01 (mT)
IV. Conclusion:
x (cm) Btheoretical (mT) Bexperimental (mT)
0 0.01 0.29
15 1.76 1.90
30 0.01 0.02
- The result from the experiment is approximately close the theoretical
values. The different due to the uncertainty of the instruments used.