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Sources of the magnetic field

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1. Field of a wire and distance

A very long straight wire carries the current . Compute the magnitude of the magnetic field from the wire and the distance at which the field equals .

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2. Flux through the lateral surface of a cone

A right circular cone has a base of radius and is placed in a uniform magnetic field of magnitude , parallel to the axis of the cone and directed from the vertex toward the base. Compute the flux of the field through the lateral surface of the cone, oriented with the outward normal.

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3. Field at the center of a flat coil

A flat coil consists of circular turns of radius , carrying the current . Compute the magnitude of the magnetic field at the center of the coil.

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4. Two wires with opposite currents

Two infinite parallel straight wires are apart and carry the current in opposite senses. Compute the magnitude of the magnetic field at the midpoint of the segment perpendicular to the wires that joins them.

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5. Force between two conducting bars

Two straight parallel conducting bars, long, are apart and carry the currents and in the same sense. Treating the bars as infinite wires, compute the force between them and state whether it is attractive or repulsive.

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6. Circuit in the shape of a quarter circle

A circuit consists of a circular arc of radius and angle and of the two radii joining its endpoints to the center . The circuit carries the current . Compute the magnitude of the magnetic field at .

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7. Field on the axis of a loop

A circular loop has radius . Find at what distance from the center, along the axis, the magnetic field is one eighth of the field at the center.

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8. Field inside and outside a cylindrical wire

A long straight wire of radius carries the current , distributed uniformly over the cross section. Compute the maximum magnetic field and the distances from the axis at which the field is half the maximum value.

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9. Design of a solenoid

We want to build a solenoid long that produces inside a magnetic field of with a current of . Compute the number of turns per unit length and the total number of turns needed.

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10. Maximum and minimum field in a toroid

A toroid of turns, carrying the current , has inner radius and outer radius . Compute the maximum value and the minimum value of the magnetic field inside the ring.

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11. Flux through an inclined loop

A square loop of side is in a uniform magnetic field of , which forms an angle of with the plane of the loop. Compute the flux of the field through the loop.

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12. Field in a coaxial cable

A coaxial cable has an inner conductor of radius and an outer conductor with radii and ; the two conductors carry the current in opposite senses. Compute the magnitude of the magnetic field at and at from the axis.

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13. Proton moving parallel to a wire

A proton moves with velocity parallel to an infinite straight wire, from the wire, in the same sense as the current in the wire. Compute the magnitude of the magnetic force on the proton and state whether it points toward the wire or away from it.

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