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The classical theory of electric and magnetic fields, both in the static and dynamic case. It also covers general questions about magnets, electric attraction/repulsion, etc. Distinct from electrical-engineering.

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Optimum magnet layout for tripping a coil sensor

"Small magnets" will not trip such sensors at all, because those measure the self inductance of the coil. Tripping is done by either increasing inductance from a big ferromagnetic car body, or from l …
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When is the force null between parallel conducting wires?

Hmmmm..., the same formula is for the impedance of a Lecher line! Z = 1/pi sqrt(µ0/eps0) ln(d/r) Sometimes the formula is given with arcosh(d/2r) instead of ln(d/r), I assume that is a variant mo …
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The feeling of fuzz on the display surface of a Cathode Ray Tube Television

Your guess is basicly right. On the backside of the phosphor in a CRT there is a layer of aluminium, which reflects the light emitted backward to the front, blocks positive ions from damaging the p …
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Why does a magnetic field go anticlockwise of the direction of current?

Because somebody decided to have clocks running clockwise, and all clockmakers since then followed suite.
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How much iron ware to make a Faraday cage

Of cours one need a Faraday cage on that boat. Just a "lightning rod" would be equivalent to a stroke passing You at the distance to the rod. The field in the vicinity can kill You!. On a boat, Yo …
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Why is copper diamagnetic?

What is missing here ist the relation to physical/chemical status of that "copper". What are You talking about? Copper metal? Copper atoms as vapour? Copper ions I or II in aqueous solution? As a …
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Magnetic fields and gravitational waves. How far do they reach?

In this thread one point was not discussed yet, as far as I read: That "wire" (which everybody will assume to be straight) is misleading. A wire with a battery makes a electric ciruit! "Circuit" ha …
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Why do car keys have longer range when held next to your head?

It works with a lot of body parts. It will work with a piece of wire too. This keys work at about 433 Mhz, a resonant Lamda/4 antenna is about 18 cm. Obviously the whole key is shorter, the antanna …
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PNMR, Pulsed Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Experiment

1st all electrons in "normal" matter occur in pairs with opposite spins, thus cancelling each other. Exeptions like stable radicals or O2, which has a triplet ground state, interact with the nuclear …
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Is a superconductor perfectly opaque?

At the frequencies (=energy) of visible light, there is no superconductivity. The band gap due to Cooper pairs is much smaller. Radiation at higher frequencies (energies) breaks Cooper pairs, creatin …
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What would it take to cause lightning to jump between the Moon and the Earth?

The maximum Voltage before a current flow will occur from moon to earth is not that Schwinger limit! It is simply the value when field strength at the moons surface (smaller radius than earth) wil …
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