Generalization Of Amperes Law And Its Applications
Concepts to remember from the “Generalization of Ampere’s law and its applications for JEE and CBSE board exams:**
1. Displacement Current:
- Introduced by James Clerk Maxwell to modify Ampere’s law.
- Represent the time-varying electric field and its effect on the magnetic field.
- Given by: $$I_d = \epsilon_0\frac{\partial \Phi_E}{\partial t}$$, where
- $$I_d$$ is the displacement current
- $$\epsilon_0$$ is the vacuum permittivity
- $$\Phi_E$$ is the changing electric flux.
- Has units of Ampere (A).
2. Maxwell’s Ampere’s Law:
- An extended version of Ampere’s law that includes both conduction current and displacement current.
- Given by: $$\oint \overrightarrow{B} \cdot d\overrightarrow{l}=\mu_0(\sum I_{conduction}+\epsilon_0\frac{d\Phi_E}{dt})$$
- Provides a more complete description of the relationship between electric and magnetic fields.
3. Solenoids and Toroids:
- Solenoid: A long cylindrical coil of closely spaced wire loops that approximates an infinite long wire when current flows through it.
- Toroid: A circular coil of wire forming a donut-like shape, the magnetic field is concentrated entirely inside the toroid.
4. Comparison between Biot-Savart Law and Ampere’s Circuital Law:
- Biot-Savart law provides a direct calculation method for finding the magnetic field due to a current-carrying element.
- Ampere’s Circuital law is useful when dealing with symmetric current distributions, allowing for easier calculations of the magnetic field.
- Both laws are consistent and can be derived from each other.
Applications:
Magnetic field inside a long straight solenoid:
- Uniform magnetic field inside, given by $$B=\mu_0 n I$$, where
- $$n$$ is the number of turns per unit length
- $$I$$ is the current
- Field outside the solenoid is nearly zero.
Magnetic field due to a toroid:
- Uniform magnetic field inside, given by $$B=\frac{\mu_0 N I}{2\pi r}$$, where
- $$N$$ is the total number of turns
- $$I$$ is the current
- $$r$$ is the radius of the toroid
Applications in MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) and Transformers:
- MRI uses strong magnetic fields and changing electric fields to generate images of the human body.
- Transformers use solenoids and toroids to change the voltage of alternating current (AC) electricity.