Exam 32: The Magnetic Field

A very long straight wire carries a 12-A current eastward and a second very long straight wire carries a 14-A current westward. The wires are parallel to each other and are 42 cm apart. Calculate the force on a 6.4 m length of one of the wires. (μ₀ = 4π × 10^-7 T ∙ m/A)

As shown in the figure, a small particle of charge q = -7.0 × 10^-6 C and mass m = 3.1 × 10^-12 kg has velocity v₀ = 9.4 × 10³ m/s as it enters a region of uniform magnetic field. The particle is observed to travel in the semicircular path shown, with radius R = 5.0 cm. Calculate the magnitude and direction of the magnetic field in the region.

A solenoid of length 18 cm consists of closely spaced coils of wire wrapped tightly around a wooden core. The magnetic field strength is 2.0 mT inside the solenoid near its center when a certain current flows through the coils. If the coils of the solenoid are now pulled apart slightly, stretching it to 21 cm without appreciably changing the size of the coils, what does the magnetic field become near the center of the solenoid when the same current flows through the coils? (μ₀ = 4π × 10^-7 T ∙ m/A)

Two very long parallel wires in the xy-plane, a distance 2a apart, are parallel to the y-axis and carry equal currents I as shown in the figure. The +z direction points perpendicular to the xy-plane in a right-handed coordinate system. If both currents flow in the +y direction, which one of the graphs shown in the figure below best represents the z component of the net magnetic field, in the xy-plane, as a function of x? (Caution: These graphs are not magnetic field lines.)

A charge is accelerated from rest through a potential difference V and then enters a uniform magnetic field oriented perpendicular to its path. The field deflects the particle into a circular arc of radius R. If the accelerating potential is tripled to 3V, what will be the radius of the circular arc?

Two circular coils of diameter 30.0 cm are parallel to each other and have their centers along the same line L but separated by 22.0 cm. When an experimenter views the coils along L, the coil closer to her carries a clockwise current of 2.50 A. Find the magnitude and sense (clockwise or counterclockwise) of the current needed in the other coil so that the net magnetic field on L midway between the two coils will have a magnitude of 4.10 µT and point away from the experimenter who is viewing the coils along L. (μ₀ = 4π × 10^-7 T ∙ m/A)

An electron enters a magnetic field of 0.75 T with a velocity perpendicular to the direction of the field. At what frequency does the electron traverse a circular path? (m_el = 9.11 × 10^-31 kg, e = 1.60 × 10^-19C)