Overview
Plotting the magnetic field around; - a bar magnet - a straight conductor carrying current - a solenoid. Making a magnet form a soft iron bar Making an electro-magnet Describing the working principles of an electric bell and a telephone earpiece Locating the earth's magnetic north-south direction. Explaining the magnetic force on a moving charge. Stating the relation between the magnetic force and the motion of a charge in a magnetic field.
What you'll learn
- Concept of magnetic field.
- Magnetic field around: - a bar magnetic - a straight conductor carrying current - a solenoid.
- Magnets:
- - Temporary and permanent,
- - Making magnets.
- Application of electro-magnetic field.
- Earth's magnetic field:
- - Description and use
- - Mariner's compass
- Magnetic force on a moving charge.