Stop Electricity? Can a Magnetic Field Stop Electrons?

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A magnetic field cannot stop electrons; it can only alter their direction of motion. Strong magnetic fields can cause electrons to move in circular paths, but they do not halt their movement. The negative magnetic poles of a magnet and the negative electric charge of an electron are distinct concepts. Electrons are not repelled by magnets due to their lack of net magnetic charge. Magnetic monopoles, which could potentially interact differently, have not been observed.
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Stop electricity?

Is it possible to stop electricity by stoping electrons with the magnetic field?
 

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A magnetic field cannot stop electron, it can only change the direction of motion.

A very strong magnetic field can make them go in circles - but they don't stop.
 


No, I think you are confusing the negative MAGNETIC poles of the magnet with the negative ELECTRIC charge of the electron. Those are two different things.

The electron is not repulsed by the magnet since it has no net magnetic charge. If it had been a magnetic monopole it would be possible, but such particles have never been observed.
 
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Thread 'Motional EMF in Faraday disc, co-rotating magnet axial mean flux'

So here is the motional EMF formula. Now I understand the standard Faraday paradox that an axis symmetric field source (like a speaker motor ring magnet) has a magnetic field that is frame invariant under rotation around axis of symmetry. The field is static whether you rotate the magnet or not. So far so good. What puzzles me is this , there is a term average magnetic flux or "azimuthal mean" , this term describes the average magnetic field through the area swept by the rotating Faraday...
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