Learning Exercise

Magnetism Web Assignment No. 2

Web assignment on the Biot-Savart law using an embedded applet by John Belcher. User is asked questions about the strength of the magnetic field between two current-carrying long straight wires.

Course: Second semester, introductory physics

Material:: Magnetic Field from Two Current Sources (Biot-Savart Law)
Date last modified:: April 29, 2001
Created by:: John Walkup
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Magnetic Field from Two Current Sources (Biot-Savart Law)

Applet uses the Biot-Savart law to illustrate the magnetic field created by two parallel wires. Source code available in... see more

Material Type:: Simulation
Author:: John Belcher, MIT

Exercise

See http://www.nhn.ou.edu/~walkup/demonstrations/WebAssignments002.htm

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Audience

Requirements

Vector algebra, and an understanding of the Biot-Savart Law. Right-hand rule.

Topics

Biot-Savart law, magnetic fields, current, long straight wires (LSW).

Learning Objectives

To understand how the magnetic field varies between two current-carrying wires.