PART-I: CHAPTERWISE COURSE CONTENTS
PART-II: CHAPTERWISE COURSE CONTENTS

NCERT Exemplar Q & A

  • The total force on a charge \(q\) moving with velocity \(\mathbf{v}\) in the presence of magnetic and electric fields B and E, respectively, is called the Lorentz force. It is given by the expression:
    \(
    \mathbf{F}=q(\mathbf{v} \times \mathbf{B}+\mathbf{E})
    \)
    \(\text { The magnetic force } q(\mathbf{v} \times \mathbf{B}) \text { is normal to } \mathbf{v} \text { and work done by it is zero. }\)
  • A straight conductor of length \(l\) and carrying a steady current \(I\) experiences a force \(\mathbf{F}\) in a uniform external magnetic field \(\mathbf{B}\),
    \(
    \mathbf{F}=I \mathbf{1} \times \mathbf{B}
    \)
    where \(|\mathbf{1}|=l\) and the direction of \(\mathbf{1}\) is given by the direction of the current.
  • In a uniform magnetic field \(\mathbf{B}\), a charge \(q\) executes a circular orbit in a plane normal to \(\mathbf{B}\). Its frequency of uniform circular motion is called the cyclotron frequency and is given by:
    \(
    v_c=\frac{q B}{2 \pi m}
    \)
    This frequency is independent of the particle’s speed and radius. This fact is exploited in a machine, the cyclotron, which is used to accelerate charged particles.
  • The Biot-Savart law asserts that the magnetic fleld \(\mathrm{d} \mathbf{B}\) due to an element dl carrying a steady current \(I\) at a point P at a distance \(r\) from the current element is:
    \(
    \mathrm{d} \mathbf{B}=\frac{\mu_0}{4 \pi} I \frac{\mathrm{~d} \mathbf{l} \times \mathbf{r}}{r^3}
    \)
    To obtain the total field at P, we must integrate this vector expression over the entire length of the conductor.
  • The magnitude of the magnetic field due to a circular coil of radius \(R\) carrying a current \(I\) at an axial distance \(x\) from the centre is
    \(
    \begin{aligned}
    &B=\frac{\mu_0 I R^2}{2\left(x^2+R^2\right)^{3 / 2}}\\
    &\text { At the centre this reduces to }\\
    &B=\frac{\mu_0 I}{2 R}
    \end{aligned}
    \)
  • Ampere’s Circuital Law: Let an open surface S be bounded by a loop C. Then the Ampere’s law states that \(\oint_C \mathbf{B} \cdot d \mathbf{l}=\mu_0 I\) where \(I\) refers to the current passing through S. The sign of \(I\) is determined from the right-hand rule. We have discussed a simplified form of this law. If B is directed along the tangent to every point on the perimeter \(L\) of a closed curve and is constant in magnitude along the perimeter then \(B L=\mu_0 I_e\)
    where \(I_e\) is the net current enclosed by the closed circuit.
  • The magnitude of the magnetic field at a distance \(R\) from a long, straight wire carrying a current \(I\) is given by:
    \(
    B=\frac{\mu_0 I}{2 \pi R}
    \)
    The field lines are circles concentric with the wire.
  • The magnitude of the field \(B\) inside a long solenoid carrying a current \(I\) is
    \(
    B=\mu_0 n I
    \)
    where \(n\) is the number of turns per unit length.
    where \(N\) is the total number of turns and \(r\) is the average radius.
  • Parallel currents attract and anti-parallel currents repel.
  • A planar loop carrying a current \(I\), having \(N\) closely wound turns, and an area \(A\) possesses a magnetic moment \(\mathbf{m}\) where,
    \(
    \mathbf{m}=\mathrm{N} I \mathbf{A}
    \)
    and the direction of \(\mathbf{m}\) is given by the right-hand thumb rule: curl the palm of your right hand along the loop with the fingers pointing in the direction of the current. The thumb sticking out gives the direction of \(\mathbf{m}\) (and \(\mathbf{A}\) )
    When this loop is placed in a uniform magnetic field \(\mathbf{B}\), the force \(\mathbf{F}\) on it is: \(F=O\)
    And the torque on it is,
    \(
    \tau=\mathbf{m} \times \mathbf{B}
    \)
    In a moving coil galvanometer, this torque is balanced by a countertorque due to a spring, yielding
    \(
    k \phi=N I A B
    \)
    where \(\phi\) is the equilibrium deflection and \(k\) the torsion constant of the spring.
  • A moving coil galvanometer can be converted into an ammeter by introducing a shunt resistance \(r_s\), of small value, in parallel. It can be converted into a voltmeter by introducing a resistance of a large value in series.

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