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Key Formulas for Magnetism & Charges

1. This document provides 10 important formulae for moving charges and magnetism. These include the Lorentz force formula, the force on a current-carrying conductor in a magnetic field, the cyclotron frequency formula, the Biot-Savart law, formulas for magnetic fields from coils and currents, Ampere's circuital law, the magnetic field from a long straight wire, and formulas for magnetic moments and dipole moments. 2. Key formulas calculate the Lorentz force on a moving charge, force on a current-carrying conductor, cyclotron frequency, magnetic fields from coils and currents using the Biot-Savart law, and magnetic moments. 3. Ampere's circu

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Key Formulas for Magnetism & Charges

1. This document provides 10 important formulae for moving charges and magnetism. These include the Lorentz force formula, the force on a current-carrying conductor in a magnetic field, the cyclotron frequency formula, the Biot-Savart law, formulas for magnetic fields from coils and currents, Ampere's circuital law, the magnetic field from a long straight wire, and formulas for magnetic moments and dipole moments. 2. Key formulas calculate the Lorentz force on a moving charge, force on a current-carrying conductor, cyclotron frequency, magnetic fields from coils and currents using the Biot-Savart law, and magnetic moments. 3. Ampere's circu

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Formulae For  1 11
MOVING CHARGES & MAGNETISM
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1
By Mir Mohammed Abbas II PCMB 'A'
 
CHAPTER FORMULAS
  & NOTES

Important Terms, Definitions & Formulae

Top Formulae

1. Lorentz Force :Force on a charge q moving with velocity v in the

presence of magnetic and electric fields B and E.


   
F  q(vxB  E)
   
The magnetic force FB  q(vxB) is normal to v and work done by it is

zero.
2. Force F on a straight conductor of length  and carrying a steady
current I placed in a uniform external magnetic field B,
  
F  IxB
3. A charge q executes a circular orbit in a plane normal with frequency
called the cyclotron frequency given by:
qB
c 
2 m
This cyclotron frequency is independent of the particle’s speed and
radius.

4. Biot – Savart law asserts that the magnetic field dB due to an element

d carrying a steady current I at a point P at a distance r from the
current element is:
 
 μ d  r
0
dB  I 3
4π r
5. Magnetic field due to circular coil of radius R carrying a current I at an
axial distance x from the centre is

μ0IR2
B
 
3 /2
2 x2  R2

At the centre of the coil,


CHAPTER FORMULAS & NOTES
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μ0I
B
2R
6. Ampere’s Circuital Law: For an open surface S bounded by a loop C,
 
   μ0I where I refers o the
then the Ampere’s law states that B.d
c

current passing through S.


If B is directed along the tangent to every point on the perimeter them
BL  μ0Ie

where Ie is the net current enclosed by the closed circuit.


7. Magnetic field at a distance R from a long, straight wire carrying a
current I is given by:
μ0I
B
2R

The field lines are circles concentric with the wire.


8. Magnetic field B inside a long Solenoid carrying a current I is
B = µ0 nI
where n is the number of turns per unit length.
For a toriod,
μ0NI
B
2πr
where N is the total numbers of turns and r is the average radius.
9. Magnetic moment m of a planar loop carrying a current I, having N
closely wound turns, and an area A, is
 
m  NIA

Direction of m is given by the right – hand thumb rule: curl and palm
of your right hand along the loop with the fingers pointing in the
direction of the current. The thumb sticking out gives the direction of
 
m (and A ).
When this loop is placed in a uniform magnetic field B, the force F on it
is: F = 0
And the torque on it is,
  
  mxB
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In a moving coil galvanometer, this torque is balanced by a counter


torque due to a spring, yielding.
kΦ = NI AB
where Φ is the equilibrium deflection and k the torsion constant of the
spring.
10. An electron moving around the central nucleus has a magnetic
moment μ , given by

e
μ  
2m
where  is the magnitude of the angular momentum of the circulating
electron about the central nucleus. The smallest value of μ is called

the Bohr magneton µB and it is µB = 9.27 x 10–24 J/T

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