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A metal ring 4.50 cm in diameter is placed between the north and south poles of large magnets with the plane of its area perpendicular to the magnetic field. These magnets produce an initial uniform field of 1.12 T between them but are gradually pulled apart, causing this field to remain uniform but decrease steadily at 0.250 T/s. (a) What is the magnitude of the electric field induced in the ring? (b) In which direction (clockwise or counter clockwise) does the current flow as viewed by someone on the south pole of the magnet?

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(a) The magnitude of the electric field induced in the ring is2.81×10-3V/m

(b) The current flows in the counter clockwise direction, as viewed by someone from the south pole of the magnet.

Step by step solution

01

Magnitude of the electric field

Give,

A metal ring with a diameter of d = 4.50cm, magnetic field with magnitude B = 1.12T and the rate of the gradual decrease isdBdt=0.250T

According to the Faraday’s law we get:

ε=E.dl=-dϕBdt

Now, the magnetic flux is :

ϕ=AB=πr2B

Now, integrating the LHS we get:

E.dl=2πr

Therefore,

E2πr=d(Bπr2dt=πr2dBdt=0.0225m20.250T/s=2.81×10-3V/m

Therefore, the electric field is2.81×10-3V/m

02

Direction of the magnetic field

The magnetic field points from north to south and it is decreasing meaning the magnetic flux is decreasing too. Hence the induced magnetic field must be pointed towards the same direction of the original magnetic field. Therefore, the current circulates counter clockwise as viewed from the south pole.

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