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does a current carrying wire running through the centre of a solenoid experience force?

does a current carrying wire running through the centre of a solenoid experience force?

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Sher Mohammad IIT Delhi
askIITians Faculty 174 Points
9 years ago
he answer is that there is no magnetic force on the wire. The force on a wire is the cross product of the current thru it and the magnetic field it is in. In your case, both are parallel and the cross product is therefore zero.
Sher Mohammad IIT Delhi
askIITians Faculty 174 Points
9 years ago
he answer is that there is no magnetic force on the wire. The force on a wire is the cross product of the current thru it and the magnetic field it is in. In this case both dot product and the cross product are zero.

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