GENERAL PHYSICS 1 (EXERCISE)

Chapter 8:
Magnetostatic Field
Lecturer:
Le Nhat Tan, M.E
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science,
Ho Chi Minh University of Technology - Vietnam National University.
Email: lenhattan@hcmut.edu.vn 1
Contents
1. Magnetic Fields
1. Magnetic Force on Charged Particle
2. Magnetic Force on Current Carrying Conductor
2. Sources of the Magnetic Field
1. The Biot-Savart Law
2. The Ampere Law
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 Magnetic Field
Magnetic Force on a Charged Particle
• Magnetic force:

Magnitude:

𝐵: Magnetic field (𝑇: 𝑇𝑒𝑠𝑙𝑎)

𝑚2
𝑣: velocity of the particle (𝑁. 2 )
𝐶
𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 : angle between 𝐵 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑣Ԧ
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Magnetic Field
Magnetic Force on a Charged Particle: Example

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Magnetic Field
Motion of A Charged Particle in a Uniform Magnetic Field
• Magnetic force = Centripetal Force:
𝐹𝐵 = 𝑚𝑎𝑐
𝑚𝑣 2
↔𝐵𝑞𝑣=
𝑟
• Radius of the circular path:
𝑚𝑣
𝑟=
𝑞𝐵
• Frequency of the motion:
𝑞𝐵
𝑓=
2𝜋𝑚 5
Magnetic Field
Motion of A Charged Particle in a Uniform Magnetic Field: Example

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 Magnetic Field
Magnetic Force on a Particle: Exercises
1. A particle of mass 10 g and charge 80 𝜇C moves through
a uniform magnetic field, in a region where the free-fall
acceleration is −9.8Ԧ𝑗 m/s2. The velocity of the particle is a
constant 20 𝑖Ԧ km/s, which is perpendicular to the magnetic
field. What, then, is the magnetic field?
2. An electron that has an instantaneous velocity of 𝑣 =
2 × 106 𝑚/𝑠 𝑖 + (3 × 106 𝑚/𝑠) 𝑗 is moving through the
uniform magnetic field 𝐵 = 0.03 𝑇 𝑖 − (0.15 𝑇) 𝑗 .
(a)Find the force on the electron due to the magnetic field.
(b) Repeat your calculation for a proton having the same
velocity
3. An electric field of 1.5 kV/m and
a perpendicular magnetic field of
0.4 T act on a moving electron to
produce no net force. What is the
electron’s speed?
4. What uniform magnetic field,
applied perpendicular to a beam of
electrons moving at 1.3 × 106 m/s,
is required to make the electrons
travel in a circular arc of radius
0.35 m?
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 Magnetic Field
Magnetic Force on a Particle: Exercises
1. A particle of mass 10 g and charge 80 𝜇C moves through a 3. An electric field of 1.5 kV/m and
uniform magnetic field, in a region where the free-fall a perpendicular magnetic field of
acceleration is −9.8Ԧ𝑗 m/s2. The velocity of the particle is a
constant 20 𝑖Ԧ km/s, which is perpendicular to the magnetic field. 0.4 T act on a moving electron to
What, then, is the magnetic field? produce no net force. What is the
Answer: (- 0.061 T) 𝑘
electron’s speed?
Answer: 3.75 x 103 m/s
2. An electron that has an instantaneous velocity of 𝑣 = 4. What uniform magnetic field,
2 × 106 𝑚/𝑠 𝑖 + (3 × 106 𝑚/𝑠) 𝑗 is moving through the applied perpendicular to a beam of
uniform magnetic field 𝐵 = 0.03 𝑇 𝑖 − (0.15 𝑇) 𝑗 . electrons moving at 1.3 × 106 m/s,
(a) Find the force on the electron due to the magnetic field. is required to make the electrons
(b) Repeat your calculation for a proton having the same velocity
travel in a circular arc of radius
0.35 m?
Answer: (a) (6.2 × 10-14 N) 𝑘
Answer: 2.11 x 10-5 T
(b) - (6.2 × 10-14 N) 𝑘 8
Magnetic Field
Cyclotron: Exercises
1. A cyclotron, which is designed to accelerate protons of mass mp =
1.67 × 10-27 Kg to a kinetic energy of 10 MeV, has a radius of 1.20m.
The magnitude of the uniform magnetic field B required is:

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Magnetic Field
Cyclotron: Exercises
1. A cyclotron, which is designed to accelerate protons of mass mp =
1.67 × 10-27 Kg to a kinetic energy of 10 MeV, has a radius of 1.20m.
The magnitude of the uniform magnetic field B required is:
Answer: 0.38 T

Answers: a) 1.83 x 107 Hz b) 1.72 x 107 eV

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Magnetic Field
Magnetic Force on a Current-Carrying Conductor
• Magnetic force:

𝑭𝑩 = 𝑰𝑳 × 𝑩 or
Magnitude
𝑭𝑩 = 𝑩𝑰𝑳𝒔𝒊𝒏𝜽
In which:
𝐼 : current (A)
𝐿: Length of the segment, point the
direction of the current I.
𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 : angle between 𝐵 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐿
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Magnetic Field
Magnetic Force on a Current-Carrying Conductor: Example

Straight portion

Curved portion

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Magnetic Field
Magnetic Force on a Current-Carrying Conductor: Exercises

Answer: 20.1 N

Answer: (- 2.5 × 10-3 𝑗 + 0.75 × 10−3 𝑘) N

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Sources of Magnetic Field
The Biot-Savart Law
• Magnetic field:

• Permeability of free space:

• 𝒅𝒔: the length of a small segment

of space in which the charges flow.
• r: distance from charges flow to
considering point (m) 14
Sources of Magnetic Field
Magnetic Field Surrounding a Thin, Straight Wire

Magnetic field at point P:

For an infinitely long straight wire

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Sources of Magnetic Field
Magnetic Field Due to a Curved Wire Segment

Magnetic field at the center

of a wire loop (𝜽 = 𝟐𝝅):

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Sources of Magnetic Field
Magnetic Field on the Axis of a Circular Current Loop

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Sources of Magnetic Field
The Biot-Savart Law: Exercises

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Sources of Magnetic Field
The Biot-Savart Law: Exercises

Answer: (a) > (c) > (b)

Answer: 0
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Sources of Magnetic Field
The Biot-Savart Law: Exercises
1. Four long, parallel conductors carry equal currents of I =
10.00 A. The current direction is into the page at points A and
B and out of the page at C and D. Calculate the magnitude and
direction of the magnetic field at point P, located at the center
of the square of edge length 0.200 m.

2. A conductor consists of a circular loop of radius R= 0.5 cm and two

straight, long sections. The wire carries a current I= 7 A. What is the
magnitude of the magnetic field at the center of the loop?

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Sources of Magnetic Field
The Biot-Savart Law: Exercises
1. Four long, parallel conductors carry equal currents of I =
10.00 A. The current direction is into the page at points A and
B and out of the page at C and D. Calculate the magnitude and
direction of the magnetic field at point P, located at the center
of the square of edge length 0.200 m.
Answer:
2. A conductor consists of a circular loop of radius R= 0.5 cm and two
straight, long sections. The wire carries a current I= 7 A. What is the
magnitude of the magnetic field at the center of the loop?
Answer: B= 1.16x10-3 T
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Sources of Magnetic Field
The Biot-Savart Law: Exercises

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 Sources of Magnetic Field
The Biot-Savart Law: Exercises

Answer: (a) 2.75 × 10-8 T

(b) Into the page Answer: 1.57 × 10-7 T

Answer: (a) 1.18 × 10-7 T

Answer: 𝐵 = 262 nT,
into the page
(b) Into the page 23
Sources of Magnetic Field
The Biot-Savart Law: Exercises

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Sources of Magnetic Field
The Biot-Savart Law: Exercises

𝜇 𝐼
0 1 1 𝜇0 𝐼
Answer: 𝐵 = 4𝜋𝑥 Answer: 𝐵 = (2𝜋 + 8) 𝑟
into the page into the page

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Sources of Magnetic Field
The Biot-Savart Law: Homework
A circle wire with a linear charge density l is rotated at a constant angular speed w around its axis. The
magnitude of the magnetic field at the center is:
A. B = µ0ωλ/4πR B. B = 0 C. B = µ0ωλ/2R D. B = µ0ωλ/2

Solution

- Current in circular motion:

𝑞 𝑞𝜔
𝐼= =
𝑇 2𝜋
(with T is the time period of this circular motion)
- The linear charge density:
𝑞
λ=
2𝜋𝑅
- Magnetic field at center of the ring:
𝜇0 𝐼 𝜇0 𝑞𝜔 𝝁𝟎 𝝎λ
𝐵= = =
2𝑅 4𝜋𝑅 𝟐 26
Sources of Magnetic Field
Ampere’s Law

Answer: a > d > c > b 27

Sources of Magnetic Field
The Magnetic Field Created by a Long Current-Carrying Wire

For r < R
For r ≥ R

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a.

Sources of Magnetic Field

The Magnetic Field Created by a Long Current-Carrying Wire:
Exercises
A solid, infinitely-long, conducting rod has radius a = 10
cm and lies along the z axis. It carries a current I = 20 A
in the +z direction. The current is uniformly distributed
across the rod.
It is surrounded, at a distance b = 30 cm, by a thin
coaxial conducting shell that carries a current of the
same magnitude but directed in the -z direction.
Find the magnitude B of the magnetic field at a
distance of 35cm, 15cm, 7cm from the origin.

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 Sources of Magnetic Field
The Magnetic Field Created by a Long Current-Carrying Wire:
Exercises
A solid, infinitely-long, conducting rod has radius a = 10
cm and lies along the z axis. It carries a current I = 20 A
in the +z direction. The current is uniformly distributed
across the rod.
It is surrounded, at a distance b = 30 cm, by a thin
coaxial conducting shell that carries a current of the
same magnitude but directed in the -z direction.
Find the magnitude B of the magnetic field at a
distance of 35cm, 15cm, 7cm from the origin.

Answers:
(a) 200 𝜇T Answers:
toward the top of 0;
the page 2.66 × 10-5 ;
(b) 133 𝜇 T 0.28 × 10-4 T
toward the bottom
of the page
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a.

Sources of Magnetic Field

The Magnetic Field Created by a Long Current-Carrying Wire:
Exercises
1. A solid, infinitely-long, conducting rod has radius a = 15 cm and lies along the z axis. It carries a
current I = 30 A in the +z direction. The current is uniformly distributed across the rod. It is
surrounded, at a distance b = 30 cm, by a thin coaxial conducting shell that carries a current of the
same magnitude, but directed in the -z direction.
a) Find the magnitude B of the magnetic field at a distance of 10 cm from the origin.
b) The direction of the magnetic field at the point (x = 0, y = 10 cm) is in the
c) Which of the following drawings most accurately represents the component By of the magnetic
field at points on the positive x-axis?

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a.

Sources of Magnetic Field

The Magnetic Field Created by a Long Current-Carrying Wire:
Exercises
1. A solid, infinitely-long, conducting rod has radius a = 15 cm and lies along the z axis. It carries a
current I = 30 A in the +z direction. The current is uniformly distributed across the rod. It is
surrounded, at a distance b = 30 cm, by a thin coaxial conducting shell that carries a current of the
same magnitude, but directed in the -z direction.
a) Find the magnitude B of the magnetic field at a distance of 10 cm from the origin. B = 2.67 × 10-5 T
b) The direction of the magnetic field at the point (x = 0, y = 10 cm) is in the: negative x direction
c) Which of the following drawings most accurately represents the component By of the magnetic
field at points on the positive x-axis?

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Sources of Magnetic Field
The Magnetic Field Created by a Toroid

Apply Ampère’s law to loop 1 (b < r < c):

For r > c or r < b: ‫ 𝐵 ׯ‬. 𝑑𝑠 = 0

Due to field lines are perpendicular with 𝑑𝑠
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not because B = 0
Sources of Magnetic Field
The Magnetic Field of a Solenoid
Magnetic Field of a Solenoid:

𝑙: length of the solenoid (𝑚)

𝑁: the number of turns in the length 𝑙
𝑁
𝑛 = : number of turns per unit length
𝑙
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Sources of Magnetic Field
The Magnetic Field of a Solenoid: Exercises

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Sources of Magnetic Field
The Magnetic Field of a Solenoid: Exercises

Answer: 5.7 x 10-3 T

Answer: 2.9 x 10-4 T

Answer: 108 m

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 Sources of Magnetic Field
Gauss’s Law in Magnetism
Magnetic flux:

Unit of Magnetic Flux: Weber (Wb)

1 Wb = 1 T x m2 37
Sources of Magnetic Field
Magnetic Flux Through a Rectangular Loop

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Sources of Magnetic Field
Magnetic Flux: Exercises
Answer:
a) 3.1 x 10-3 Wb
b) 0

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References
[1] Fundamentals of Physics Extended 9th-HQ-Halliday.

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