Physics GCSE
current balance
What current balance means in Physics GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of current balance
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Reference: AQA
A demonstration in which the section of wire in the field moves down when the current flows.
Topics that use current balance
- Fleming's left-hand rule (HT only) (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- conventional current
- Current
- equal and opposite forces
- F = B I l
- field, current and force
- Fleming's left hand rule
- force on a conductor
- interaction of two fields
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