2nd year of post-compulsory secondary education
Magnetic field
José Luis San Emeterio
 Magn.  
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More conclusions about the creation of magnetic fields
   Coils create a magnetic field with the following intensity:

where l is the length of the coil and n is the number of loops. You can tell between the poles by noting that if you look at the north pole, the current circulates counterclockwise.

magnetic field
   A natural magnet behaves like a coil because a significant percentage of the electrons revolve in a preferred direction.

   The field of a natural magnet affects the electrons in other materials containing iron in such a way that the electrons in the other material change their trajectories. If the electrons go back to their chaotic trajectories when the natural magnet is removed, then the magnetization is temporal, otherwise it is permanent.

   Ampère proved that if we divide a trajectory up into an infinite number of elements and integrate the scalar products of the induction B and each element of the trajectory dl, then the result is proportional to the sum of the intensities of current that flow through the surface limited by the closed trajectory. This law has been very helpful in the theoretical analysis of many magnetic fields.
Background information
Natural magnets
Lines of force
Magnets and currents
Conclusions
The effects of the magnetic field
on a charged particle
on a straight cable
on a loop
Conclusions
The creation of magnetic fields
by a charged particle
by a rectilinear current
by a coil
An explanation of natural magnetism
Conclusions
Induced currents
Magnetic flux
The laws of Faraday and Lenz
Self-induction
Conclusions
Alternating current
The generation of alternating currents
A circuit of alternating current
Conclusions
Evaluation