Abstract
An apparatus suitable for the study of magnetic forces by physics undergraduates is described. By using an electronic scale to determine the torque exerted on a current-carrying coil by the almost uniform magnetic field of a pair of Helmholtz coils, students can verify the Lorentz-force law for current-carrying wires to an accuracy of a few percent.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 296-298 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Physics Teacher |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - May 2000 |
Keywords
- Laboratory
- Magnetic forces
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