PhysicsCode 9702
Force on a current-carrying conductor
What this topic asks you to be able to do
- know that a current-carrying conductor placed in a magnetic field may experience a force
- recall and apply the equation F = BIL sin θ, with the directions read off using Fleming's left-hand rule
- define the magnetic flux density of a field as the force on a wire lying at right angles to that field, per unit length of wire and per unit current