BRAINCAKEForce on a moving Charge in a Magnetic Field
Current is the flow of charge. The size of the current is the rate of flow of charge. A moving charged particle can be considered to be a current.
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Key terms in this lesson
- Centripetal force
- The resultant force, directed towards the centre of a circle, needed to keep an object moving in that circular path.
- Motor effect
- The force experienced by a current-carrying conductor placed in an external magnetic field, resulting from the interaction between the field and the field created by the current.
More in Magnetic Fields
- Magnetic Field
- Force on a current-carrying wire
- Magnetic Flux density
- Couple on a coil in a magnetic field
- An Electric Motor
- Cyclotron
- The Mass Spectrometer
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