Knowee
Questions
Features
Study Tools

the alternating current through the wire passing in the magnetic field will feel

Question

The alternating current through the wire passing in the magnetic field will feel

🧐 Not the exact question you are looking for?Go ask a question

Solution

The alternating current passing through a wire in a magnetic field will experience a force. This is due to the interaction between the magnetic field and the moving electric charges (current) in the wire.

Here are the steps to understand this:

  1. According to the Lorentz force law, a moving charge in a magnetic field experiences a force. The force is perpendicular to both the direction of the velocity of the charge and the direction of the magnetic field.

  2. In an alternating current, the direction of the current changes periodically. This means the direction of the moving charges in the wire also changes periodically.

  3. When the current is in one direction, the force due to the magnetic field will be in one direction. When the current changes direction, the force will also change direction.

  4. Therefore, the wire carrying an alternating current in a magnetic field will experience a force that changes direction periodically. This can cause the wire to move or vibrate if the force is strong enough.

  5. This principle is used in many devices, such as loudspeakers and electric motors. In a loudspeaker, for example, the alternating current in the voice coil produces a varying force in the magnetic field of the magnet, causing the coil (and thus the speaker cone) to vibrate and produce sound.

This problem has been solved

Similar Questions

Describe how the magnetic field around a straight current-carrying wire behaves.

When current is flowing in a circular loop of wire, the associated magnetic field at its centre is

A vertical wire carries a current upward. The magnetic field at north of the wire will be directed.

Alternating flux links in sec. winding & induces an emf in sec. winding known as

Magnetic field at the centre of regular polygon of 'n' sides which is formed by wire, which carries current I and side of polygon is ‘a’

1/1

Upgrade your grade with Knowee

Get personalized homework help. Review tough concepts in more detail, or go deeper into your topic by exploring other relevant questions.