A coil of wire, or solenoid, consists of a wire coiled up into a spiral shape. When an electric current flows, the shape of the magnetic field is very similar to the field of a bar magnet. The ...

Equipment: A compass, iron filings, a current carrying solenoid and a 40 Amp power supply. What it does: The compass shows the direction of the field lines in and around the solenoid. The iron filings ...

Plotting compasses can be used to identify the pattern of magnetic fields in current carrying wires and solenoids. Plotting compasses can also be used to see the magnetic field around a solenoid ...

Magnetic field is produced by a current carrying conductor due to the motion of charge particles or electron. (i) As, alpha particles are positively charged so there movement will also produce ...

Qyestion 10: An electromagnet is a current‐carrying solenoid with a core as a magnetic material. Given below are B‐H (net field Vs. magnetizing field) curves of three different magnetic materials.