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SweatingBear
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We know that a direct current generates a magnetic field which surrounds the wire in circular patterns (right-hand rule). However when alternating current runs through a wire, no actual electrons are transported from one end to the other but rather they "vibrate" so to speak and transmit this vibration throughout the wire. Now, since the electrons are not "moving", does this mean that no magnetic field is generated surrounding the wire just as it would do if the current was direct?