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Homework Statement
An electric current is uniformly distributed throughout a long, straight wire that has a diameter of 0.05m. If the current through the wire is 6.0A, calculate the magnitude of the magnetic field:
a). 0.02m radially away from the wire center
b). 0.05m radially away from the wire center
c). What must the current be to create a magnetic field of magnitude 1.0 T and 0.05m radially away from the wire center.
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The Attempt at a Solution
I was hoping that someone could check my work and make sure that what I have is correct! Any help would be appreciated.
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a). This one I wasn't too sure about. I looked up some information but I wasn't sure if it applied here.
I found that:
J= \frac{I}{\pi R^2}I_{enc}=J \pi r^2= \frac{Ir^2}{R^2}\int B\cdot dl=\mu_0 I_{enc}=2 \pi r B2\pi rB= \frac{\mu_0 I}{2 \pi R^2}B= \frac{\mu_0 Ir}{2 \pi R^2}
Is this the correct approach? And if so, could someone explain the steps they took and why? It seems they used two equations and then did some algebra to combine both, but I can't seem to understand what they did in the 4th step to get there...b). \int B\cdot dl=\mu_0 I \rightarrow B=\frac{\mu_0 I}{2 \pi r}
Where I = 6.0 A and r = 0.05m
c). I= \frac{2\pi r B}{\mu_0}
Where B = 1.0 T amd r = 0.05m