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musiliu
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Hi, I am wondering if anyone here has heard of or can explain this variation of the right hand rule:
Most websites i see tells you to point thumb in direction of current and curl the fingers, and the direction of the magnetic field is the direction you're curling.
But my professor uses a weird and confusing way that I still do not exactly know how to do:
He somehow positions his hand along the current and curls his hand toward the point of interest, and claims the thumb points in the direction of the magnetic field. Can someone explain this system and how exactly to do it? (btw, the professor is Russian)
p.s. I'm just in General Physics with Calc II class, so try to explain in simple terms..
edit: sorry, i should have posted this in classical physics forum, can someone move this there?
Most websites i see tells you to point thumb in direction of current and curl the fingers, and the direction of the magnetic field is the direction you're curling.
But my professor uses a weird and confusing way that I still do not exactly know how to do:
He somehow positions his hand along the current and curls his hand toward the point of interest, and claims the thumb points in the direction of the magnetic field. Can someone explain this system and how exactly to do it? (btw, the professor is Russian)
p.s. I'm just in General Physics with Calc II class, so try to explain in simple terms..
edit: sorry, i should have posted this in classical physics forum, can someone move this there?
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