College Resources

8. Sources of Magnetic Field

Chapters (Serway & Jewett, Physics 9ed):

  • 30.1 The Biot–Savart Law
  • 30.2 The Magnetic Force Between Two Parallel Conductors
  • 30.3 Ampère’s Law
  • 30.4 The Magnetic Field of a Solenoid
  • 30.5 Gauss’s Law in Magnetism
  • 30.6 Magnetism in Matter

Videos:

  • Yale: Physics II, Ampere's Law
  • MIT: 8.02x, Biot-Savart, div B = 0, High-voltage Power Lines, Leyden Jar revisited
  • KhanAcademy: Biot Savart law, Magnetic field due to a current element
  • KhanAcademy: Magnetic field on the axis of circular current loop
  • KhanAcademy: Force between two parallel currents
  • KhanAcademy: Ampere's circuital law
  • KhanAcademy: Solenoid & torroid
  • KhanAcademy: Flux and magnetic flux, Gauss’s Law
  • KhanAcademy: Magnetism & matter

Optional Videos:

  • KhanAcademy: Moving coil galvanometer
  • KhanAcademy: Converting galvanometer into ammeter/voltmeter

Exercise Videos:

  • Michel van Biezen: Magnetic Field Sources
  • MIT: 8.02x, Magnetic Field in the Center of a Rectangular Wire Loop
  • MIT: 8.02x, The Field of Two Semi circles using Biot Savart
  • MIT: 8.02x, Using Ampere's Law to Find the Field of a Metallic Cylinder and Shell
  • MIT: 8.02x, Wire with Varying Current Density
  • MIT: 8.02x, Magnetic Field from Moving Sheet of Charge, and Rotating Cylindrical Shell