W11D2

Concept Questions with Concept Questions Review

Answers

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W11D2

W07D1
Concept Questions with Magnetic Dipoles, Force and
Answers Torque on a Dipole, Experiment 2

W07D1 Magnetic Dipoles, Torque and Force on a

8.01 Dipole, Experiment 2: Magnetic Dipole in a Helmholtz
W7D1 Coil
Reading Course Notes: Sections 8.4,8.11.6, 9.5 9.9
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Concept Question: Magnetic Field Lines Concept Q. Answer: Magnetic Field Lines
The picture shows the field lines outside a Answer: 1. They point up inside the magnet
permanent magnet The field lines inside the
magnet point:

1.  Up
2.  Down
3.  Left to right Magnetic field lines are continuous.
4.  Right to left
E field lines begin and end on charges.
5.  The field inside is zero
There are no magnetic charges (monopoles)
6.  I don’t know
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 Concept Question: Parallel Wires Concept Q. Answer: Parallel Wires
Consider two parallel current carrying Answer: 1. The wires are repelled
wires. With the currents running in the
opposite direction, the wires are
I1 creates a magnetic field into the
page at wire 2. That makes a force
1.  attracted (opposites attract?) on wire 2 to the right.
2.  repelled (opposites repel?)
3.  pushed another direction I2 creates a magnetic field into the
page at wire 1. That makes a force
4.  not pushed – no net force
on wire 1 to the left.
5.  I don’t know

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Concept Question: Dipole in Uniform

Concept Q. Answer: Dipole in Field
Magnetic Field

From rest, the coil in a uniform magnetic field above will:

1.  rotate wise, not move
2.  rotate counterclockwise, not move
3.  move to the right, not rotate
4.  move to the left, not rotate Answer: 1. Coil will rotate clockwise (not move)
5.  move in another direction, without rotating
6.  both move and rotate No net force so no center of mass motion. BUT
7.  neither rotate nor move Magnetic dipoles rotate to align with external
8.  I don’t know
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Concept Question: Dipole in Field Concept Q. Answer: Dipole in Field

The current carrying coil above will feel a net force

1.  upwards
Answer: 2. Feels downward force. The forces shown
2.  downwards
produce a net downward force
3.  of zero
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 Concept Question: Dipole in Helmholtz Concept Q. Answer: Dipole in Helmholtz

A dipole pointing along

the positive x-direction
and located at the center Answer: 2. a torque but not
of a Helmholtz coil will a force. The Helmholtz coil
feel: makes a UNIFORM FIELD.
Dipole feels only torque
1.  a force but not a torque. (need gradient for force).
2.  a torque but not a force.
3.  both a torque and a force.
4.  neither force nor torque.

Concept Question: Dipole in Anti- Concept Q. Answer: Dipole in Anti-

Helmholtz Coil Helmholtz Coil
A dipole pointing along
the positive z-direction Answer: 1. A force
and located at the center because there is a non-
of an anti- Helmholtz coil gradient of the magnetic
field but no torque because
will feel:
the magnetic field at the
center is zero.
1.  a force but not a torque.
2.  a torque but not a force.
3.  both a torque and a force.
4.  neither force nor torque.

W09D1:
Concept Questions with Sources of Magnetic Fields:
Answers Ampere’s Law

8.01
W9D1 Today’s Reading Assignment Course Notes: Sections 10.1-10.6

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Concept Question: Line Integral C.Q. Answer: Line Integral
The integral expression
2. A line integral by definition is the sum

1.  is equal to the magnetic work done around a closed

path.

2.  is an infinite sum of the product of the tangent

component of the magnetic field along a small
element of the closed path with a small element of
the path up to a choice of plus or minus sign.
3.  is always zero.
4.  is equal to the magnetic potential energy between
two points.
5.  None of the above.
We need to make a choice of integration direction
(circulation) for the line integral. The small line
element is tangent to the line and points in the
direction of circulation. The dot product therefore is
the product of the tangent component of the
magnetic field in the direction of the line element.
So the answer depends on which way we circulate
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Concept Question: Ampere’s Law C.Q. Answer: Ampere’s Law

Integrating B around the loop shown gives us:

Answer: 3. Total enclosed current is zero, so
1.  a positive number
2.  a negative number
3.  zero
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Concept Question: Ampere’s Law C.Q. Answer: Ampere’s Law

Integrating B around the loop in the clockwise

direction shown gives us: Answer: 2.
1.  a positive number
2.  a negative number Net enclosed current is out of the page, so field is
counter-clockwise (opposite to circulation direction)
3.  zero
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 W09D2:
Concept Questions with Faraday’s Law
Answers

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W9D2 Today’s Reading Assignment Course Notes: Sections 9.3-9.4, 9.6

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Concept Question: Loop in Uniform Field Concept Q. Ans.: Loop in Uniform Field

Answer: 1. The motion changes the magnetic flux through the

While a rectangular wire loop is loop. The magnetic flux is decreasing in time as more of the
pulled upward though a uniform loop enters a region of zero magnetic field. According to
magnetic field B field penetrating its Faraday’s Law there is an induced current through the loop.
bottom half, as shown, there is

1.  a current in the loop.

2.  no current in the loop.
3.  I do not understand the concepts of current and
magnetic field.
4.  I understand the concepts of current and magnetic field
but am not sure of the answer.
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Concept Q.: Loop in Uniform Field Concept Q. Ans.: Loop in Uniform Field

Answer: 2. The motion does not change the magnetic flux

While a rectangular wire loop is through the loop. The magnetic flux is constant in time.
pulled sideways though a uniform According to Faraday’s Law there is no induced current
magnetic field B field penetrating its through the loop.
bottom half, as shown, there is

1.  a current in the loop.

2.  no current in the loop.
3.  I do not understand the concepts of current and
magnetic field.
4.  I understand the concepts of current and magnetic field
but am not sure of the answer.
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 Concept Question: Loop
The magnetic field through
a wire loop is pointed
upwards and increasing
with time. The induced
current in the coil is
1.  Clockwise as seen from the top
2.  Counterclockwise
Concept Question: Moving Loop
A circuit in the form of a
rectangular piece of wire is
pulled away from a long wire
carrying current I in the
direction shown in the sketch.
The induced current in the
rectangular circuit is
1.  Clockwise
2.  Counterclockwise
3.  Neither, the current is zero
Concept Question: Faraday’s Law:
Loop
A coil moves up from
underneath a magnet
with its north pole
pointing upward. The
current in the coil and
the force on the coil:
1.  Current clockwise; force up
2.  Current counterclockwise; force up
3.  Current clockwise; force down
4.  Current counterclockwise; force down
Concept Question Answer: Loop
Answer: 1. Induced current
is clockwise
This produces an “induced”
B field pointing down over
the area of the loop.
The “induced” B field
opposes the increasing flux
through the loop – Lenz’s
Law
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Concept Q. Answer: Moving Loop
Answer: 1. Induced current is
clockwise
B due to I is into page; the flux
through the circuit due to that field
decreases as the circuit moves
away. So the induced current is
clockwise (to make a B into the
page)
Note: Iind dl x B force is left on the left segment and
right on the right, but the force on the left is bigger.
So the net force on the rectangular circuit is to the
left, again trying to keep the flux from decreasing by
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Concept Question Answer:
Faraday’s Law: Loop
Answer: 3. Current is clockwise; force is down
The clockwise current creates
a self-field downward, trying
to offset the increase of
magnetic flux through the coil
as it moves upward into
stronger fields (Lenz’s Law).
The I dl x B force on the coil is a force which is trying
to keep the flux through the coil from increasing by
slowing it down (Lenz’s Law again).
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 W10D1:
Inductance and Magnetic
Concept Questions with Field Energy
Answers

8.01
W10D1 Today’s Reading Assignment W10D1 Inductance & Magnetic
Energy
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Concept Question: Solenoid Concept Q. Ans.: Solenoid

A very long solenoid consisting of N turns has Solution 5. The self-induction of the
radius R and length d, (d>>R). Suppose the solenoid is equal to the total flux
through the object which is the product
number of turns is halved keeping all the other
of the number of turns time the flux
parameters fixed. The self inductance through each turn. The flux through
1. remains the same. each turn is proportional to the
magnitude of magnetic field which is
2. doubles.
proportional to the number of turns per
3. is halved. unit length or hence proportional to the
4. is four times as large. number of turns. Hence the self-
induction of the solenoid is proportional
5. is four times as small. to the square of the number of turns.
6. None of the above. If the number of turns is halved keeping
all the other parameters fixed then he
self inductance is four times as small.
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