Consider a current carrying conductor with radius R with a total current I which is uniformly distributed. Use Ampere’s law to calculate the magnitude of the magnetic field inside and outside the conductor. Draw a graph showing the variation of the magnitude of the magnetic field inside and outside the conductor.

Consider a current carrying conductor with radius R with a total current I which is uniformly distributed. Use Ampere’s law to calculate the magnitude of the magnetic field inside and outside the conductor. Draw a graph showing the variation of the magnitude of the magnetic field inside and outside the conductor.

University Physics Volume 2

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Chapter12: Sources Of Magnetic Fields

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Problem 47P: A long, solid, cylindrical conductor of radius 3.0 cm carries a current of 50 A distributed...

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