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)
- Field of a long straight wire: , same at every point at distance , directed tangentially (right-hand thumb rule).
- So the field lines are concentric circles in planes perpendicular to the wire.
- So the answer is (c) circular.