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Mind Map by spicecat98, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by spicecat98
about 10 years ago
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The Right-Hand Rule
- What is it for?
- Moving charges, such as those in a
wire, produce magnetic fields (B- fields)
when passed through a wire. The
Right-Hand Rule helps us find the
direction of these magnetic fields
- Moving charges, such as those in a
wire, produce magnetic fields (B- fields)
when passed through a wire. The
Right-Hand Rule helps us find the
direction of these magnetic fields
- How does it work?
- All you need is your right
hand (not your left!) to figure
out the magnetic field lines'
direction.
- All you need is your right
hand (not your left!) to figure
out the magnetic field lines'
direction.
- How to do it:
- Step 1: Take your right hand
and imagine you are gripping
the wire.
- Step 2: Point your thumb in the
direction of the conventional
current
- Step 3: Your fingers will curl in
the direction of the magnetic
field
- Step 3: Your fingers will curl in
the direction of the magnetic
field
- Step 2: Point your thumb in the
direction of the conventional
current
- Step 1: Take your right hand
and imagine you are gripping
the wire.
- Remember: the
conventional current
flows from the positive
to the negative end of a
battery
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