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The objectives of this course are to tease out the laws of electromagnetism from our everyday experience by specific examples of how electromagnetic phenomena manifest themselves. We want to be able: To describe, in words, the ways in which various concepts in electromagnetism come into play in particular situations; To represent these electromagnetic phenomena and fields mathematically in those situations; And to predict outcomes in other similar situations. The overall goal is to use the scientific method to come to understand the enormous variety of electromagnetic phenomena in terms of a few relatively simple laws.

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Prs w07d1 Qonly

The objectives of this course are to tease out the laws of electromagnetism from our everyday experience by specific examples of how electromagnetic phenomena manifest themselves. We want to be able: To describe, in words, the ways in which various concepts in electromagnetism come into play in particular situations; To represent these electromagnetic phenomena and fields mathematically in those situations; And to predict outcomes in other similar situations. The overall goal is to use the scientific method to come to understand the enormous variety of electromagnetic phenomena in terms of a few relatively simple laws.

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PRS17

Parallel Wires
Consider two
parallel current
carrying wires.
I1 I2 With the currents
running in the
same direction,
the wires are

1. attracted (likes attract?)


2. repelled (likes repel?)
3. pushed in another
direction
4. not pushed – no net force
PRS17

Dipole in Field
μ

The coil above will:


1. rotate clockwise, not move
2. rotate countercw, not move
3. move to the right, no rotation
4. move to the left, no rotation
5. move in another direction,
without rotation
6. move and rotate
7. no net force so no rotation or
motion
PRS17

Dipole in Field

The current carrying coil


above will move
1. upwards
2. downwards
3. stay where it is because
the total force is zero
PRS17

Dipole in Field

The current-carrying coil


above will move
1. upwards
2. downwards
3. stay where it is because
the total force is zero
PRS17

Free dipoles attract because:


1. The force between dipoles
is always attractive
independent of orientation.
2. A dipole will always move
towards stronger field,
independent of orientation.
3. The torque on the dipole
aligns it with the local field
and the dipole will then
move toward stronger field
strength.

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