Physics GCSE
Magnetic field direction
What Magnetic field direction means in Physics GCSE, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Magnetic field direction
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Reference: OCR
By convention the lines run from the north pole round to the south pole outside the magnet, and the arrow gives the force direction on a north pole placed at that point.
Topics that use Magnetic field direction
- Magnets and magnetic fields (OCR GCSE)
Related terms
- attraction and repulsion
- Combining fields of multiple turns
- Dipping compass and vertical field component
- Earth's magnetic field
- Evidence for a magnetic core
- Field around a bar magnet
- field pattern of a solenoid
- Field strength and current
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