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Moving Charges and Magnetism

CBSE · Class 12 · Physics

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1. Historical idea and basic magnetic field concepts

  • Oersted discovered the connection between electricity and magnetism during a lecture demonstration in summer 1820.
  • A current in a straight wire causes a compass needle near it to deflect.
  • The alignment of the compass needle is tangential to an imaginary circle around the wire.
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2. Lorentz force and force on a current-carrying conductor

  • The force on a charge moving in electric and magnetic fields is called the Lorentz force.
  • The magnetic force acts perpendicular to both velocity and magnetic field.
  • Force on a negative charge is opposite to that on a positive charge.
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3. Motion of a charged particle in a uniform magnetic field

  • If velocity is perpendicular to magnetic field, the particle describes a circle.
  • If velocity has a component parallel to the field, that component is unchanged and the path becomes helical.
  • Magnetic force does no work, so speed remains constant in a pure magnetic field.
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4. Biot-Savart law and field of a circular loop

  • Biot-Savart law gives the magnetic field due to a current element.
  • dB is proportional to current, element length, and inversely proportional to r squared.
  • The direction of dB is perpendicular to the plane containing dl and r.

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