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Biot-Savart Law: Shereni Leon Josi Kelly A

The document presents an outline on the Biot-Savart law. It introduces the law, explaining that it calculates the magnetic field produced by electric current in a wire. The outline then covers the importance of the law, how to apply the mathematical equation, examples of using it to find magnetic fields in different current configurations, its relationship to Ampere's law, applications, and concludes by reiterating that the law is fundamental to magnetostatics.

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Biot-Savart Law: Shereni Leon Josi Kelly A

The document presents an outline on the Biot-Savart law. It introduces the law, explaining that it calculates the magnetic field produced by electric current in a wire. The outline then covers the importance of the law, how to apply the mathematical equation, examples of using it to find magnetic fields in different current configurations, its relationship to Ampere's law, applications, and concludes by reiterating that the law is fundamental to magnetostatics.

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BIOT-SAVART LAW

SHERENI LEON
JOSI KELLY A
PRESENTATION OUTLINE

• INTRODUCTION TO BIOT SAVART


• THE IMPORTANCES OF BIOT SAVART LAW
• THE LAW EXPLAINED
• MAGNETIC FIELD AT THE CENTRE OF A CIRCULAR LOOP
• MAGNETIC FIELD DUE TO INFINITE WIRE
• RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BIOT SAVART LAW & AMPRE’S CIRCUITAL LAW
• APPLICATIONS OF BIOT SAVART LAW
• CONCLUSION
INTRODUCTION

•The equation is used to calculate the magnetic field produced by a current is known as the Biot-Savart
law.
•It is an empirical law named in honor of two scientists who investigated the interaction between a
straight, current-carrying wire and a permanent magnet.
•This law enables us to calculate the magnitude and direction of the magnetic field produced by a
current in a wire.
•It generally relates the magnetic field to the magnitude, direction, length and the proximity of the
electric current.
•It is consistent with both ampere’s circuital law and gauss’s law.
•The magnetic flux density(dB) is directly proportional to the length(dl) and the current(I) and the sine of
the angle(θ) that is between the direction of the current and the vector joining a given point of the
magnetic field and the current element and is inversely proportional to the square of the distance to the
given point.
IMPORTANCES OF BIOT SAVART LAW

• Biot-Savart law is similar to Coulomb’s law in electrostatics.


• The law is applicable for very small conductors which carry current.
• The law is applicable for symmetrical current distribution
THE LAW EXPLAINED

• The Biot-Savart law states that at any point P the magnetic field due to an
element of a current carrying wire is given by
•
• The constant is known as the permeability of free space and is exactly
•
• The infinitesimal wire segment is in the same direction as the current I (assumed
positive), r is the distance from to P and r is a unit vector that points from to P.
• The direction of is determined by applying the right-hand rule to the vector
product . The magnitude of
•
MAGNETIC FIELD AT THE CENTRE OF A CIRCULAR LOOP
MAGNETIC FIELD DUE TO INFINITE WIRE
CONT…
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BIOT SAVART
LAW AND AMPERE’S CIRCUITAL LAW

• The Biot-Savart law considers the contribution of each element of current in


a conductor to determine the magnetic field, while for Ampere's law, one
need only know the current passing through a given surface.
• Given situations of high degrees of symmetry, Ampère’s law is more
convenient to use, even though both laws are equally valid in all situations
APPLICATIONS OF BIOT SAVART LAW

• To calculate the magnetic field in an indefinitely long straight wire owing to a constant
current
• To calculate the magnetic field in the centre of a current-carrying arc
• To calculate the force between two parallel and lengthy current-carrying conductors
• To calculate the magnetic field along the axis of a circular current-carrying coil
• We can use Biot–Savart law to calculate magnetic responses even at the atomic or
molecular level.
• It is also used in aerodynamic theory to calculate the velocity induced by vortex lines
CONCLUSION

• Biot Savart’s Law is the fundamental of magneto-statics. The law helps to


calculate the resultant magnetic field at some position in the three-
dimensional space. The law is only applicable to steady current. Therefore,
the flow of charge should continue and must not change with time. The law
helps to calculate the magnetic field in a straight or circular coil and to
calculate the force between two parallel and lengthy current-carrying
conductors

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