Electromagnetic Field Theory

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6 Magnetostatics

6.1 INTRODUCTION

Current produces a magnetic field around it because of the movement of free charges. Steady magnetic fields are similar to steady electrostatic fields. Two laws governing steady magnetic fields are the Biot–Savart’s Law and Ampere’s Circuital Law, which help in obtaining magnetic fields due to different current distributions. Chapter 5 dealt with static electric field ( or ). Static magnetic fields are denoted by or . Static electric field and static magnetic field are quite similar as well as dissimilar. A constant ...

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