Chapter 26 Magnetic Field

and Electromagnetism

26.2 Force on Current-carrying Conductor in

Magnetic Field; Magnetic Flux Density
 Force on Current-carrying
Conductor in Magnetic Field
• Fleming’s left-hand rule: predicts the direction of the
force on the current-carrying conductor placed in a
magnetic field.
No force Into the page downward
 Force on Current-carrying
Conductor in Magnetic Field
 Force on Current-carrying
Conductor in Magnetic Field
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 Force on Current-carrying
Conductor in Magnetic Field
F = BIl sin q
q - the angle between
the magnetic field
and the current
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F =0 [current // B]
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Fmax = BIl [current ^ B]
a. 0.375 N
b. 0.265 N
c. 0
 Magnetic Flux Density
• The magnetic flux density at a point in space is the
force experienced per unit length by a long straight
conductor carrying unit current and placed at right
angles to the field at that point.
B: magnetic flux density, T
F F: force on the conductor, N
B= I: current in the conductor, A
Il l: length of the conductor in the
uniform magnetic field, m
 Magnetic Flux Density
• The magnetic flux density is 1 T when a wire carrying a
current of 1 A placed at right angles to the magnetic field
experiences a force of 1 N per meter of its length.

1 T = 1 NA m
-1 -1

1 Tesla = 104 Gauss

1 T = 104 Gs
0.05 T

0.16 A
0.004N
 Measuring Magnetic Flux Density

• Hall probe
 Measuring Magnetic Flux Density
• The current balance
Measuring Magnetic Flux Density

pivot
current current

Stiff copper wire frame

Small weight
a. Tilts upward

b. Tilts downward

c. Will try to move

horizontally, into
the horseshoe

d. No movement
0.078 T
In the arrangement shown in the figure above, the balance reading
changes from 102.48 g to 104.48 g when the current is switched on.
Explain why this happens and give the size of the force on the wire
when the current is on. What is the direction of the current in the wire?
0.02N
From right to left,