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Current Balance

 

Current Balance demo picture

  • Purpose: Demonstrate how the magnetic force on a current
    carrying wire depends on the angle between the current and the external
    B-field.

Location

  • Current Balance in L01, sectionB3
  • Power supply in L35, section F1
  • Multimeter in L35, section F3.

 

Posted in Electricity and Magnetism, Magnetic Fields and ForcesTagged b-field, balance, current, field, force, magnetic, multimeter

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