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Chapter 21 Problem 71

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m A long, cylindrical conductor is solid throughout and has a radius R. Electric charges fl ow parallel to the axis of the cylinder and pass uniformly through the entire cross section. The arrangement is, in eff ect, a solid tube of current I0. The current per unit cross-sectional area (i.e., the current density) is I0/(pR2 ). Use Ampres law to show that the magnetic fi eld inside the conductor at a distance r from the axis is m0I0r/(2pR2 ). (Hint: For a closed path, use a circle of radius r perpendicular to and centered on the axis. Note that the current through any surface is the area of the surface times the current density.)

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Title Physics 10e 
Author David Young, Shane Stadler
ISBN 9781118486894

m A long, cylindrical conductor is solid throughout and

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