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Magnetic field


 

:For other senses of this term, see magnetic field (disambiguation).

See also

General

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  • Electric field - effect produced by an electric charge that exerts a force on charged objects in its vicinity.
  • Electromagnetic field - a field composed of two related vectorial fields, the electric field and the magnetic field.
  • Electromagnetism - the physics of the electromagnetic field: a field, encompassing all of space, composed of the electric field and the magnetic field.
  • Magnetism - phenomenon by which materials exert an attractive or repulsive force on other materials.
  • Magnetohydrodynamics - the academic discipline which studies the dynamics of electrically conducting fluids.
  • Mathematics

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  • Ampere's law - magnetic equivalent of Gauss's law.
  • Biot-Savart law - describes the magnetic field set up by a steadily flowing line current.
  • Magnetic helicity - extent to which a magnetic field "wraps around itself".
  • Maxwell's equations - four equations describing the behavior of the electric and magnetic fields, and their interaction with matter.
  • Applications

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  • Helmholtz coil - a device for producing a region of nearly uniform magnetic field.
  • Maxwell coil - a device for producing a large volume of almost constant magnetic field.
  • Earth's magnetic field - a discussion of the magnetic field of the Earth.
  • Dynamo theory - a proposed mechanism for the creation of the Earth's magnetic field.
  • Electric motor - AC motors used magnetic fields

~ Table of Content ~

Introduction
Symbols and terminology
Formal definition
Properties
Rotating magnetic fields
See also
References
External articles

 

 

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