7.2.5

Motor Effect

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Motor Effect

When a wire with a current flowing through it (a current carrying wire) is placed in a magnetic field, the magnet and the conductor will experience a force. This is because of the motor effect.

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Cause of the motor effect

  • The field created by the electric current interacts with the magnetic field that the wire is placed inside. This causes the force on the wire.

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