Magnetics Ques 64

  1. One of the two identical conducting wires of length $L$ is bent in the form of a circular loop and the other one into a circular coil of $N$ identical turns. If the same current is passed in both, the ratio of the magnetic field at the centre of the loop $\left(B _L\right)$ to that at the centre of the coil $\left(B _C\right)$, i.e. $\frac{B _L}{B _C}$ will be

(a) $\frac{1}{N}$

(b) $N$

(c) $\frac{1}{N^{2}}$

(d) $N^{2}$

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Answer:

Correct Answer: 64.(c)

Solution:

Formula:

Magnetic Field Due To Infinite Straight Wire:

  1. Let consider the length of first wire is $L$, then according to question, if radius of loop formed is $R _1$, then,

For wire 1,

$L=2 \pi R _1 \Rightarrow R _1=\frac{L}{2 \pi}$

The magnetic field due to this loop at its centre is

$ B _L=\frac{\mu _0 I}{2 R _1}=\frac{\mu _0 I}{2 L} \times 2 \pi $ $\quad$ …….(i)

Now, several wire is made into a coil of

$N$ - turns.

$ \begin{aligned} & \left(R _2=\right.\text { radius of coil } \\ & \text { having } N \text { loops) } \end{aligned} $

Thin, $\quad L=N\left(2 \pi R _2\right) \Rightarrow R _2=\frac{L}{2 \pi N}$

The magnetic field due to this circular coil of $N$-turns is

$ B _C=(\frac{\mu _0 I}{2 R _2}) N=N \cdot \frac{\mu _0 I \cdot(2 \pi N)}{2 L} $ $\quad$ …….(ii)

Using Eqs. (i) and (ii), the ratio of $\frac{B _L}{B _C}$ is :

$\Rightarrow \quad \frac{B _L}{B _C}=\frac{\frac{\mu _0 I}{2 R _1}}{N \frac{\mu _0 I}{2 R _2}}=\frac{\frac{\mu _0 I}{2 L} \cdot(2 \pi)}{\frac{\mu _0 I}{2 L} \cdot(2 \pi) N^{2}}=\frac{1}{N^{2}}$



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