What direction do flux lines go?
North to south
How is strength of a mag field represented?
How close together field lines are at a point
What can be said about a magnets field?
Uniform
When current flows in a wire…..
a magnetic field is induces
A conductor carrying current in a magnetic field will…..
….experience a force
How do two mag fields interact ?
Add together to give resultant flux lines
What to flux lines tend to do?
Shorten and straighten
What direction is the force?
Perfpendicular to both current and mag field?
What is force on a wire proportional to
Flux density,current, length
Unit of mag flux density
Tesla
Digital balance practical graph shows
Force against current to find field