Physics GCSE
force on a conductor
What force on a conductor means in Physics GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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When a conductor carrying a current is placed in a magnetic field, the magnet producing the field and the conductor exert a force on each other.
Topics that use force on a conductor
- 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
- interaction of two fields
- magnetic flux density
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