Consider a circular current-carrying coil with a radius of 2.5 cm and 150 turns that may rotate about an axis through its center. The coil is in a uniform, 1.6-T magnetic field. The current in the coil is 0.65 A. What will the torque on the coil be when the angle ϕ between the vector normal to the plane of the coil and the magnetic field is oriented so that the torque is one-half of its maximum value?

Consider a circular current-carrying coil with a radius of 2.5 cm and 150 turns that may rotate about an axis through its center. The coil is in a uniform, 1.6-T magnetic field. The current in the coil is 0.65 A. What will the torque on the coil be when the angle ϕ between the vector normal to the plane of the coil and the magnetic field is oriented so that the torque is one-half of its maximum value?

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Chapter11: Magnetic Forces And Fields

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