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Grade 8General Physics

Magnetic field lines show the direction (at every point) along which a small magnetised needle aligns (at the point). Do the magnetic field lines also represent the lines of force on a moving charged particle at every point?

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12 Years agoGrade 8
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Profile image of Piyush
7 Years ago
No . The magnetic force is always normal to B(remember magnetic force =q(VxB)).It is misleading to call magnetic feilf lines as lines of force.