Physics A-Level
Perpendicular field and current
What Perpendicular field and current means in Physics A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Perpendicular field and current
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Reference: OCR
The thumb, first finger and second finger are held mutually perpendicular; if current and field are parallel, the force is zero.
Topics that use Perpendicular field and current
- 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
- Magnetic flux density measurement
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