A long straight wire carries a current of 35 A. What is the magnitude of the field B at a point 20 cm from the wire?

Given:

Current through the wire, I = 35 A


Distance of point P from the wire, d = 20 cm



Using Biot Savart law we can find magnetic field at a distance d from a current carrying conductor.


It is given by:


…(1)


Where,


B = Magnetic field strength


I = current through the coil


0 is the permeability of free space.


0 = 4 × π × 10-7 TmA-1


d = distance of point P


By plugging the values in the equation (1), we get



|B| = 3.5 × 10-5T


In this case the magnetic field at 20 cm away from a current carrying conductor is found to be 3.5 × 10-5T.


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