Biot-Savart Law & Circular Coils
When a battery is connected to the two ends of a diagonal of a square conductor frame of side '', the magnitude of magnetic field at the centre will be ( permeability of free space)
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Answer: (d)
- The two paths from one corner to the opposite corner (two sides each) have equal resistance, so the current splits equally, each.
- The two paths are mirror images about the diagonal and carry current in opposite senses round the centre, so their fields at the centre are equal and opposite.
- So the answer is (d) zero.