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TEAL Electricity & Magnetism
 
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SECTION : Force on Moving Charges 
  
SUBJECT: Two Wires in Series  
 
DESCRIPTION:

The animation shows the magnetic field configuration around two wires carrying current in opposite directions. The Maxwell stresses associated with the magnetic fields cause the wires to feel a mutual repulsion, and they spread apart as a result.

 

 

 

 
   
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