Physics A-Level
Magnetic flux density measurement
What Magnetic flux density measurement means in Physics A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Magnetic flux density measurement
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Using the change in balance reading when current flows to give the force F on the wire, then B = F / (IL) because the wire is perpendicular to the field.
Topics that use Magnetic flux density measurement
- Magnetic fields (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- Direction of force on a conductor
- Experimental technique
- Field line conventions
- Field patterns of current-carrying conductors
- Fleming's left-hand rule
- Graphical analysis
- Magnetic flux density
- Motor effect
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