In the kicking wire experiment, the current carrying wire gets deflected due to the magnetic field of the horse shoe magnet.
Is the deflection in the wire due to the fact that a current carrying conductor behaves as a bar magnet when current is passed through it ?


Oersted discovered that a compass needle gets deflected in the surrounding area of a current-carrying conductor which means that the current-carrying conductor exerts a force on the compass needle.

Later, Michael Faraday discovered that a current-carrying conductor (wire) also gets deflected when it is placed in a magnetic field. So, it can be said that a magnetic field and the current-carrying conductor exert a force on each other in their surrounding.

According to the above explanation, we can conclude that in the kicking wire experiment, the current-carrying wire gets deflected due to the magnetic field of the horseshoe magnet. And, the deflection in the wire is due to the fact that a current-carrying conductor behaves like a bar magnet when current is passed through it.


Tutorialspoint
Tutorialspoint

Simply Easy Learning

Updated on: 10-Oct-2022

578 Views

Kickstart Your Career

Get certified by completing the course

Get Started
Advertisements