Timeline for Direction of magnetic field around a straight current carrying wire
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| Feb 9, 2023 at 2:30 | answer | added | mr_e_man | timeline score: 1 | |
| Apr 22, 2019 at 20:48 | vote | accept | Typo | ||
| Apr 22, 2019 at 13:59 | comment | added | PolaroidDreams | It can be clockwise. Anti-clockwise is just a convention similar to assigning positive angle for anti-clockwise rotation. You can define a whole lot of processes with the other convention. Physics stays the same. | |
| Apr 22, 2019 at 13:56 | comment | added | Typo | @expikx I mean the right-hand grip rule being used to determine the direction of the field. Say a current is coming towards you, according to the rule, the direction of the magnetic field should be anticlockwise -- but why? Why not clockwise? | |
| Apr 22, 2019 at 13:22 | answer | added | G. Smith | timeline score: 1 | |
| Apr 22, 2019 at 12:47 | comment | added | PolaroidDreams | Sorry, I don't understand your question. What do you mean a magnetic field rotates a certain direction? | |
| Apr 22, 2019 at 11:20 | review | First posts | |||
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| Apr 22, 2019 at 11:16 | history | asked | Typo | CC BY-SA 4.0 |