A straight wire of length 0.45 m carries a current of 8.5 A. The wire is placed in a uniform magnetic field of strength 0.12 T. The wire makes an angle of 35Β° to the direction of the magnetic field. Calculate the magnitude of the magnetic force acting on the wire. Show your working.
Physics Β· Unit 3 Β· Electromagnetism Β· Electrostatics
Solve problems involving the magnetic force on an electric current-carrying wire and moving charge in a magnetic field using πΉ = π΅πΌπΏπ πππ and πΉ = ππ£π΅π πππ.
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A proton moves perpendicular to a uniform magnetic field of strength 0.45 T with a velocity of \(1.2 imes 10^6\) m/s. Calculate the magnitude of the magnetic force acting on the proton. Show your working. (Charge on a proton = \(1.6 imes 10^{-19}\) C)
A proton enters a uniform magnetic field of strength 0.85 T at an angle of 35Β° to the field lines. The proton has a speed of 4.2 Γ 10βΆ m sβ»ΒΉ. After travelling through the field for 2.5 Γ 10β»βΈ s, the proton exits and enters a region where a current-carrying wire of length 0.12 m is positioned perpendicular to the same magnetic field. The wire carries a current of 3.5 A and experiences a force equal in magnitude to the force that acted on the proton. Determine whether the described scenario is physically consistent by calculating and comparing the two forces. Show your working.