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Biot-Savart Law & Circular Coils

The shape of the magnetic field lines due to an infinite long, straight current carrying conductor is

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Answer: (c)

  1. Field of a long straight wire: B=μ0I2πrB = \frac{\mu_0 I}{2\pi r}, same at every point at distance rr, directed tangentially (right-hand thumb rule).
  2. So the field lines are concentric circles in planes perpendicular to the wire.
  3. So the answer is (c) circular.
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