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UnitsofChapter20
MagnetsandMagneticFields ElectricCurrentsProduceMagneticFields ForceonanElectricCurrentinaMagneticField; DefinitionofB ForceonElectricChargeMovinginaMagnetic Field
UnitsofChapter20
MagneticFieldDuetoaLongStraightWire ForcebetweenTwoParallelWires SolenoidsandElectromagnets AmpresLaw TorqueonaCurrentLoop;MagneticMoment
MagnetsandMagneticFields
Magnetshavetwoendspolescallednorth andsouth.DipoleMagnets Likepolesrepel;unlikepolesattract.
MagnetsandMagneticFields
However,ifyoucutamagnetinhalf,youneverget anorthpoleandasouthpoleyoualwaysgettwo smallermagnets.
MagnetsandMagneticFields
Magneticfieldscanbevisualizedusingmagneticfield lines,whicharealwaysclosedloops.Themagnetic fieldcontinuesthroughthebarmagnetitself.
EarthsMagneticField
TheEarthsmagneticfieldissimilartothatofabar magnet. NotethattheEarths NorthPoleisreallya southmagneticpole, asthenorthendsof magnetsareattracted toit.
MagnetsandMagneticFields
Auniformmagneticfieldisconstantinmagnitude anddirection. Thefieldbetween thesetwowidepoles isnearlyuniform.
ElectricCurrentsProduceMagneticFields
Experimentshowsthatanelectriccurrent producesamagneticfield.
ElectricCurrentsProduceMagneticFields
Thedirectionofthefield relativetothecurrentis givenbyarighthandrule. Themagneticfield circulatesaroundthe currentinaright handedsense.
ForceonanElectricCurrentina MagneticField;DefinitionofB
Amagnetexertsaforceonacurrentcarrying wire.Thedirectionoftheforceisalsogivenby arighthandrule.
ForceonanElectricCurrentina MagneticField;DefinitionofB
Theforceonthewiredependsonthecurrent, thelengthofthewire,themagneticfield,andits orientation.
ForceonElectricChargeMovingina MagneticField
Theforceonamovingchargeisrelatedtothe forceonacurrent:
ForceonElectricChargeMovingina MagneticField
Ifachargedparticleis movingperpendicularto auniformmagneticfield, itspathwillbeacircle. Theradiusisgivenby
r=qB/mv
ForagivenBField,theris controlledbytheparticles momentumanddirectionof circulationbythesignofq
ForceonElectricChargeMovingina MagneticField
ProblemsolvingwithMagneticFields&Forces thingstoremember 2. Themagneticforceisperpendiculartothe magneticfielddirection. 3. Themagneticforceisperpendiculartothe movementofcharge(currentorpt.ch.velocity 4. Therighthandruleisusefulfordetermining directions. 5. Equationsinthischaptergivemagnitudesonly. Therighthandrulegivesthedirection.
SummaryofRightHandRules
MagneticFieldDuetoaLongStraightWire
Thefieldisinverselyproportionaltothedistance fromthewire:
Theconstant0iscalledthepermeabilityoffree space,andhasthevalue:
ForcebetweenTwoParallelWires
Themagneticfieldproducedat thepositionofwire2duetothe currentinwire1is:
Theforcethisfieldexertsona lengthl2ofwire2is:
ForcebetweenTwoParallelWires
Parallelcurrentsattract;antiparallelcurrentsrepel.
SolenoidsandElectromagnets
Asolenoidisalongcoilofwire.Ifitistightly wrapped,themagneticfieldinitsinteriorisalmost uniform:
SolenoidsandElectromagnets
Ifapieceofironisinsertedinthesolenoid,the magneticfieldgreatlyincreases.Such electromagnetshavemanypracticalapplications.
AmpresLaw
Ampreslawrelatesthe magneticfieldaroundaclosed looptothetotalcurrent flowingthroughtheloop.
AmpresLaw
Ampreslawcanbeusedtocalculatethe magneticfieldinsituationswithahighsymmetry.
TorqueonaCurrentLoop; MagneticMoment
Theforcesonoppositesidesofacurrentloopwill beequalandopposite(ifthefieldisuniformand theloopissymmetric),buttheremaybeatorque. Themagnitudeofthetorqueisgivenby:
ThequantityNIAiscalledthemagnetic dipolemoment,M:
MassSpectrometer/VelocitySelector
Amassspectrometermeasuresthemassesof atoms.Ifachargedparticleismovingthrough perpendicularelectricandmagneticfields,thereis aparticularspeedatwhichitwillnotbedeflected:
Lookatthemathtodevelopthisrelationship.
MassSpectrometer
SummaryofChapter20
Magnetshavenorthandsouthpoles Likepolesrepel,unlikeattract Unitofmagneticfield:tesla Electriccurrentsproducemagneticfields Amagneticfieldexertsaforceonanelectric current:
SummaryofChapter20
Amagneticfieldexertsaforceonamovingcharge:
Magnitudeofthefieldofalong,straight currentcarryingwire:
Parallelcurrentsattract;antiparallelcurrentsrepel
SummaryofChapter20
Magneticfieldinsideasolenoid:
Ampreslaw:
Torqueonacurrentloop: