Learning Exercise

Magnetism Web Assignment No. 1

Web assignment on the Biot-Savart law using an embedded applet. User is asked to describe the effects of a magnetic field produced by a solenoid as the number of coils, and separation between the coils, is changed.
Course: Second semester, introductory physics
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Applet and extensive discussion of basic principles of magnetism, including Ampere's Law and the Biot-Savart Law. Applet... see more

Exercise

See http://www.nhn.ou.edu/~walkup/demonstrations/WebAssignments/Magnetism001.htm

Requirements

An understanding of the right-hand rule and vector algebra.

Topics

Biot-Savart Law, magnetic fields, constant magnetic fields, electromagnetism, solenoids. magnetic flux.

Learning Objectives

To understand how solenoids can produce constant magntic fields.