CBSE Class 10 Science 2020 Delhi Set 3

© examsnet.com
Question : 10
Total: 10
(a) Explain with the help of the pattern of magnetic field lines the distribution of magnetic field due to a current carrying a circular loop.
(b) Why is it that the magnetic field of a current carrying coil having n turns, is ' n ' times as large as that produced by a single turn (loop)?
Solution:  
(a) The magnetic field pattern due to a circular coil is shown in the given figure. At every point of current carrying circular loop the concentric circles representing the magnetic field around it becomes larger and larger as we move away from the wire. At the centre of the loop the field appears as straight line at every point of a current-carrying circular loop, the concentric circles representing the magnetic field around it would become larger and larger as we move away from the wire. By the time we reach at the centre of the circular loop, the arcs of these big circles would appear as straight lines. Every point on the wire carrying current would give rise to the magnetic field appearing as straight lines at the center of the loop. By applying the right hand rule, it is easy to check that every section of the wire contributes to the magnetic field lines in the same direction within the loop.
(b) If there is a circular coil having n turns, the field produced is n times as large as that produced by a single turn. This is because the current in each circular turn has the same direction and the field due to each turn then just adds up.
© examsnet.com
Go to Question: