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Re: Question 07/02 CURRENT IN A WIRE



The laboratory observer sees moving charges which interact via magnetic
forces, even though their relative velocity is zero.

Bob Sciamanda (W3NLV)
Physics, Edinboro Univ of PA (em)
trebor@velocity.net
http://www.velocity.net/~trebor
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric T. Lane" <elane@CECASUN.UTC.EDU>
To: <PHYS-L@lists.nau.edu>
Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 6:26 PM
Subject: Question 07/02 CURRENT IN A WIRE
| , , , Since all the electrons in the
| uniformally distributed current move at roughly the same drift velocity
| in the wire, they experience no magnetic force due to their own motion
| because there is no relative motion among them.

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