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VII. Magnetostatics
VII. Magnetostatics
A. Magnetic Field
B. Current is a source of
Magnetic Field
Dr. Bill Pezzaglia
C. Electrodynamics
Updated 2012Mar06
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A. Magnetic Field
1. Discovery of Magnets
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900 BC: Attributed to shepherd Magnus,
who found nails of his sandals pulled out
by rocks atop Mount Ida
2) Pole Strength
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(writings of Pliny the elder,
23-79 AD )
3) Magnetic Field
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Ore “Magnetite” (Iron Oxide) is a
common in Magnesia, Thessaly (Greece).
1) Magnets
Thales of Miletos (624-454 BC)
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• Famous theorems of similar triangles
(a) Loadstone: Magnetite
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Loadstones (“Leading
Magnets”) used in early
navigation by Chinese
perhaps as early as
1200 BC !
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Appear in Europe
around 1190 AD
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Current thought is that
they are magnetized by
lightening strikes
• Amber rubbed with fur attracts straw
• The magnet has a “soul” because it
moves iron.
Here is a narrow
tomb Great Thales
lies; yet his renown
for wisdom reached
the skies
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(b). Magnet Laws
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Peter de Maricourt (aka Peter
Peregrinus) wrote
famous letter on magnets
August 8, 1269 (31 copies still exist)
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When you break a magnet you get 2
magnets
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(c). William Gilbert (1544-1603)
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•“Father of Science” (i.e. use
experiments instead of citing
ancient authority)
•1600 Book “De Magnete”
“Magnus magnes ipse est
globus terrestris” (the whole
earth is a magnet)
•Compass points to North Pole of
earth, not to North Star (and
hence N pole is really a South
magnetic pole!)
Earth’s Magnetic Field
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Pole is Moving
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• 1831 Sir James Ross discovers pole near Hudson Bay (70.5°N, 95°W).
• It is now closer to (83°N, 114°W).
•Chinese (720 Ad?)
tabulate that compass does
not point to true north.
•The magnetic axis is
slightly tilted (11°) with
respect to the rotational
axis of the Earth.
•Near San Francisco, the
“magnetic deviation” of a
compass from true north is
about 15° east
Earth’s magnetic field traps charged particles
ejected from the Sun (the solar wind)
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Charged Particles spiraling around magnetic field lines
near north pole makes the Aurora Borealis
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2. Magnetic “Pole Strength”
2b. Wanted: Magnetic Monopole
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(a) Definition
• 1831 Pierre Curie: Why are there no
magnetic monopoles?
• Recall an “electric dipole” is a “stick” of
length “L” with opposite charges ±Q on the
end, Dipole Moment: p=LQ
(other references say 1894?)
• If you break a magnet, you can’t get a “N”
pole by itself, you get another “dipole”
with N & S ends.
• Define “Magnetic Dipole” by same type of
formula: m=Lqm
• 1931 Paul Dirac (using quantum mechanics)
derives what the fundamental magnetic
charge would be in relation to fundamental
charge e (and permeability of free space 0
and Planck’s constant “h”). Experimental
limits say mass is at least 600x of proton.
• Pole Strength qm is “magnetic charge”.
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Old cgs units: 1 “pole strength” repels another with 1 dyne of
force at 1 cm.
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New units: Amp-meter (10 of old cgs pole strengths)
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2c. Magnetic Force
• 1750 John Michell comes up with
an inverse-square force law for
magnetic poles (note 38 years
before Coulomb’s similar law for
charge)
• Unit system has been adjusted so
that the Permeability of Free
Space 0 is exactly:
• We could also state that the energy stored
in a dipole magnet would be (in analogy to
electrostatic energy formula):
F
 0 qmQm
4 r 2
 0  4 10 7
1  0 qm
2 4 L
3. The Magnetic Field
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(a) Discovery:
• 1821 Michael Faraday First
proposes ideas of “Lines of
Force”
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Example: iron filings over a
magnetic show field lines
e 0
2
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The force between dipoles (along a line) can
be shown to be:
F 6
N
A2
 0 m1m2
4 z 4
Dipoles will twist until they are parallel. The torque of
the first on the second would be given by a cross
product
 

 2
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h
2.c.ii Force between Dipoles
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U
qm 
 0 m1  m2
4 z 3
3.a.ii Magnetic Flux is Conserved
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Because there are no
magnetic monopoles, there
are no “sources” of
magnetic field lines.
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Magnetic Field Lines must
be continuous (i.e. continue
through magnet)
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Gauss’s law for magnetism: total
magnetic flux through a closed
surface is ZERO.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uj0DFDfQajw&feature=related
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3b. Definition of Field
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• Definition: Analogous to electric field, except using the
magnetic charge (pole strength)
• Ouch, our definition is in terms of “pole
strength”, which is an abstraction (magnetic
monopoles don’t exist). Instead we usually
measure the magnetic field in terms of:


F  qm B
• Units of Tesla:
T
• Torque on a known dipole:
Weber
N

m2
A m
• Old cgs units: Gauss:
(field of earth is ~1 G)
G
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3.b.ii Definition of Field



  m B
• Change in energy of dipole in a field
Dyne
 10  4 T
pole strength
 
U  m  B  mB cos 
Note: field of our big permanent magnet is only around 0.1 Tesla !
3c. Field of Dipole
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The field of a dipole “m” as a function of position vector
“r” is rather messy.
  
 
  3m  r m 
B (r )  0  5  3 
4  r
r 
 0 2m
4 z 3
 m
Bz ( x,0,0)   0 3
4 x
3.c.ii Magnetic Dip
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Dipole field of earth will not be
parallel to surface, except at
equator!
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1581 Robert Norman of London,
makes first device in Europe to
measure the “dip” (he had to clip
off one end of a good compass to
make it level). Note was probably
measured 500 years earlier in
Persia.
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Early Navigators used magnetic
dip to estimate latitude (proposed
by Gilbert)
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Dip near San Francisco is nearly 60°
downward!
Bz (0,0, z ) 
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Along z axis simplifies to:
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Along x axis simplifies to:
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From this last formula, knowing magnetic field of earth
is about 0.8 G at equator, we get m=1023 Amp-m2.
B. Current is Source of Magnetic Field
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Introduction
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Recall the source of electric fields is electric
charge (Gauss’s Law)
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But there are no magnetic charges (aka
monopoles) to create Magnetic Field!
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Source of all magnetism is the movement of
electric charge: either macroscopic current or
microscopic “atomic” currents.
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1) Force of Current on Magnets
2) Electromagnets
3) Intrinsic Magnetism
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An early clue…
1. Force of Current on Magnets
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(a) Oersted’s Experiment (1819)
1751
Benjamin Franklin:
Current in a wire will
deflect a magnet!
electricity can
magnetize needles.
Hans Oersted
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(b) Michael Faraday
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• 1820 Biot & Savart show
magnetic field around a long
wire is inversely proportional
to distance:
1821: lines of force
circle the wire. There
is no “north” or
“south” pole.
B
Felix Savart
2. Electromagnets
(a) Field of a Coil
• 1820 Johann Schweigger (with Ampere)
invent the (tangent) Galvanometer, a
coil around a compass needle. The
tangent of the angle of deflection is
proportional to the current in the coil
(i.e. primitive current meter).
tan  
B  0 NI

Be 2r Be
0 I
2 r
Jean-Baptiste Biot
Direction is
determined by
right hand rule
• From a more general Biot-Savart Law,
the field at the center of N loops of wire
carrying current of radius r is:
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(c) Biot-Savart Law
BN
0 I
2r
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(b). Magnetic Moment of Coil
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• Ampere shows that the field of a coil
of “N” turns, loop area “A”, is
equivalent to that of a magnet, with
dipole moment:
m  NIA
• For a Solenoid, (cylindrical coil) the
field inside is nearly constant
(where N is the number of turns,
and “L” is the length of the coil):
B  0
NI
L
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(c). Magnetic Cores
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3. Intrinsic Magnetism
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There are three types of magnetism
• 1823 Sturgeon invents the electromagnetic
(coil around magnetic core).
• 1827 Joseph Henry improves design using
insulating wire.
• Ferromagnetism (permanent magnets)
• Presence of magnetic core increases field
by a factor of Km (over 100 for Iron, over
10,000 for “mu metal”).
• Paramagnetism (very weak attraction to
magnet)
• Equivalently, replace 0 by  in all formulas
where permeability of the medium is:
• Diamagnetism: substance repelled by
magnet!
  K m 0
The Bohr Magnetron
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1911 Rutherford proposes that atom has
electrons orbiting nucleus (i.e. a “current loop”).
But this is not the source of magnetism
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1925 Uhlenbech & Goudsmit propose that the
electron has spin, and this spinning charge
creates a magnetic moment of one Bohr
Magnetron (h=Planck’s constant from quantum
mechanics, m=mass of electron)
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2
Magnetic Moment  n B 
 B0
 

Volume
 3kT 
n=number of valence electrons per unit volume
k=Boltzmann’s constant
T=temperature in Kelvin
eh
 9.27  10  24 Amp  m 2
2 m
Ferromagnetism
• Effect is usually quite weak.
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Diamagnetism
• At room temperature only 3 elements exhibit ferromagnetism
in their pure elemental form: Iron, Nickel and Cobalt.
• 1778 S. J. Bergman first to observe that bismuth and
antimony were repelled by magnetic fields
• Nearly ALL the electrons line up. The “saturated” field is selfsustaining with value: B=0(n B). [2 Tesla for iron!]
• 1845 term "diamagnetism" coined by Michael Faraday,
realizes nearly all materials exhibit effect
• Above “Curie Temperature” Ferromagnetism ceases, and the
material will become paramagnetic (768°C for Iron, so you
can’t explain the earth’s magnetic field by Ferromagnetism as
the core is well over 5000°C)
• Explanation requires “Lenz’s law” which
we study in the next topic (magentic induction)
• Until recently best magnets were AlNiCo (Iron with Aluminum, Nickel & Cobalt).
New rare-earth magnets (n.b. NIB=neodymium, iron and boron) are much
stronger, but have lower Curie temperature (300 to 400°C) than AlNiCo.
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• Atoms with unpaired electrons will have a magnetic
moment. When an external magnetic field B0 is applied,
not all of them will line up with the field. Only a fraction
will, as a function of temperature (Curie’s Law)
Bohr Magnetron:
B 
Paramagnetism
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• Diamagnetic Levitation (first done
years ago, but in 1990s people
started levitating frogs and mice!)
http://www.ru.nl/hfml/research/levitation/diamagnetic/
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C. Electrodynamics
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• Term “Electrodynamics was given by Ampere
Magnetic Force on Electric Charge
1) Ampere: Force between wires
• By Newton’s 3rd law, if current makes a force
on a magnet, then a magnet should…
• make a force on a current (“reciprocity”)
2) Lorentz Force Law
• And since an electromagnet is equivalent to a
magnet, we can deduce there should be
3) Torques on Current Loops
1. Forces on Currents
– a force between wires carrying currents.
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(a) Ampere’s Force Law (1820-22)
• Currents in same direction attract
• Currents in opposite direction repel
• Force (per unit length) between current
carrying wires depends on distance “r”:
F  0 I1 I 2

L2 4 r
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Introduction
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(b) The “Motor Rule”
• Faraday’s explanation:
• First wire creates B field
B1 
André-Marie Ampère
(1775 -1836)
 0 I1
4 r
Force on second wire carrying
current “I” due to magnetic field
must “B” from first current must be
(aka “Motor Rule”):
• Two wires carrying “1 amp” of current
separated by 1 cm attract with force of
2107 Newtons/meter (definition of
Amp)

 
F  I LB
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kapi6ZDvoRs
http://www.stmary.ws/highschool/physics/home/notes/electricity/magnetism/MagForcesBetweenWires.htmhttp://www.stmary.ws/highschool/physics/home/notes/electricity/magnetism/MagForcesBetweenWires.htm
(c) The Electric Motor
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1820 Faraday invents the
first “homopolar” motor
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It’s simply a wire that
rotates around a magnet
in a jar of mercury
• Saltwater motor: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73FFDovrVtI
• Another: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpR-T83phB4
• Faraday: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVDHKKTC4tA&feature=related
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(c) The Electric Motor: History
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1822 “Barlow’s Wheel”
Copper disk rotates in a
magnetic field when current
flows radially outward
Peter Barlow (1776-1862)
Demo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6LL_Uav_Xc
Ignore the sound track: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsuF01pwFfM
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Simple Motor demo
2. Force on Moving Charge
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2f6RD1hT6Q
(a) Lorentz Force Law (1892)
• First done by Maxwell 1861
• Current is just moving charges
• Force on charge “q” moving with
velocity “v” in magnetic field “B”:
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
 
F  qvB
Needs new rare-earth magnet
(b) (Edwin) Hall Effect (1879)
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• Since magnetic force is
perpendicular to velocity, we get
centripetal acceleration.
• If current is + charges moving to right
then they will be deflected to the front
and a positive voltage measured.
• Electric charges will spiral around
magnetic field lines with radius:
(with higher speed, bigger!)
• If current is - charges moving to left
then they will be deflected to the front
and a negative voltage measured.
• Experiment proves that current in
metals is really negative charges
moving. The voltage induced gives
you the drift velocity (“d” is width).
V  dvD B
• They are accelerated across the
space between the Dees by a
varying electric field. That way it
accelerates one way and then as it
goes one-half circle it is accelerated
across to the other side.
• The path gets larger and large and
eventually after the particle gains
enough energy it is ejected to the
target. These generate from 1 to 10
MeV (Million electron Volts) of
energy.
• But, the frequency (period) of orbit
turns out to be independent of
speed! Cyclotron frequency
depends only on charge to mass
ratio.
“Hall Probes” are used to
measure magnetic fields.
Knowing properties of
conductor, the measured
voltage will be proportional to
the presence of magnetic field.
c.ii. The Cyclotron
• Invented in 1932 by E.O. Lawrence
and M.S. Livingston. Protons are
injected into the center of two "D"
shaped hollow conductors called
"dees". The perpendicular magnetic
field makes them go in circular
orbits.
c. Cyclotron Equation
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m
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v2
 qvB
R
R
mv
qB
f 
v
B q

 
2R 2  m 
c.iii. The Cyclotron
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• The largest one in
the United States is
Femi Lab. It is 3
miles in
circumference, and
can produce over
400 GeV.
Good Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_jIcDOkTAY
Mr Ion: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BxyqFK2KRI
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c.iii. The Mass Spectrometer
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v  2V
• Let “L” be side of square loop
e
m
• Force on side wires: F=ILB
• Heavier mass isotope will follow BIGGER radius
path in magnetic field
r
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(a) Equivalent Magnetic Moment of Loop
• 1919 Thomson’s student Francis Aston constructs
first function mass spectrometer.
• Ionized element is accelerated through a voltage
giving it speed:
3. Torques on Current Loops
• Torque:
mv 1 2Vm

eB B
e


L
2
• Hence its our old formula for
torque on a magnetic moment,
where moment of loop is:
This was how we measured masses of
nuclei (and found out there are “isotopes”)
(b) d’Arsonval Galvanometer

  r  F  2  ILB  IL2 B
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


  m B
m  NIA
(c) Modern Motor Design
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1832 Sturgeon added the “commutator” which switches the polarity as
the loop turns so that the motion will be continuous.
• 1882 design, the multiple loop
coil in a very strong magnet
made the first very sensitive
ammeter.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xi7o8cMPI0E&feature=player_embedded
• The coil has a spring on it to pull
it back to center. When current
is added, the torque twists the
coil, moving the pointer.
D. Appendix: Right Hand Rule
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E. References
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• There are many conventions for the right hand rule (and even “left
hand rules”). See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-hand_rule
• The convention I am using is the following picture:
• See AJP 67, 448 (1999) which discusses that Ampere is NOT the author of the circulation law that is
named after him!
• http://www.phy6.org/earthmag/lodeston.htm
• http://www.phy6.org/earthmag/demagrev.htm
• http://www.seds.org/messier/xtra/Bios/michell.html
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galvanometer
• http://iesfgcza.educa.aragon.es/depart/fisicaquimica/fisicasegundo/videosmagnetismo.html
• http://www.animations.physics.unsw.edu.au/jw/homopolar.htm (includes field rotation
paradox and animations)
• http://chss.montclair.edu/~pererat/impersci.htm (museum of old instruments)
• Interactive Barlow Wheel http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/BarlowsWheel/
• Old Films: http://www.archive.org/details/academic_films
• http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/Hbase/magnetic/cyclot.html
• Video: on E=mc2, Faraday: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqiRoKy0Gyo&feature=related
• Another DC motor video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjNnRyLexNM&feature=related
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Notes
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Check the energy formula stored in a magnet
Is the torque equation between magnets reciprocal?
Slide 21 (field of dipole) needs a graphic
Perhaps delete ampere’s circulation law here and insert magnetism.
Confusions on right hand rule, my version disagrees with book.
• Move “ampere’s circulation law” to topic X. on Maxwell equations?
• Intrinsic magnetism is covered here in book, but diamagnetism requires knowledge of Lenz
law in the next topic.
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