Q. A long, straight wire is turned into a loop of radius $10\ cm$ (see figure). If a current of 8 amperes is passed through the lop, then the value of the magnetic field and its direction as the centre $C$ of the loop shall be close to

A) $5.0 \times 10^{- 5}$ Newton/(amp-meter), upward
B) $3.4 \times 10^{- 5}$ Newton/(amp-meter), upward
C) $1.6 \times 10^{- 5}$ Newton/(amp-meter), downward
D) $1.6 \times 10^{- 5}$ Newton/(amp-meter), upward
Explanation

(b) $B$ at the centre of a coil carrying a current, $i$ is
$B_{Coil} = \frac{\mu_{0}i}{2r}$ [upward]
$B$ due to wire $B_{wire} = \frac{\mu_{0}i}{2\pi r}$ [downward]
Given $i = 8A;r = 10 \times 10^{- 2}m$
$\frac{\mu_{0}}{4\pi} = 10^{- 7}$
Magnetic field at centre $C$,
$B_{C} = B_{coil} + B_{wire}$
$= \frac{\mu_{0}i}{2r}$(upward) $+ \frac{\mu_{0}i}{2\pi r}$ [downward]
$= \frac{\mu_{0}i}{2r} - \frac{\mu_{0}i}{2\pi r} = \frac{\mu_{0}i}{2r}\left( 1 - \frac{1}{\pi} \right)\ upward$
$= \frac{4\pi \times 10^{- 7} \times 8}{2 \times 10 \times 10^{- 2}}\left( 1 - \frac{1}{3.14} \right)upward$
$= \frac{4 \times 3.14 \times 10^{- 7} \times 8 \times 2.14}{2 \times 10 \times 10^{- 2} \times 3.14} = 3.424 \times 10^{- 5}\ upward$

Dr. Abubacker
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Ph.D. in Physics with 19+ years of teaching experience.