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Example 22.5 from College Physics, 22.8 Torque on a Current Loop: Motors and Meters
Find the maximum torque on a 100-turn square loop of a wire of 10.0 cm on a side that carries 15.0 A of current in a 2.00-T field.
Work it out on paper first. Then open the solution one step at a time, and stop as soon as you can finish on your own.
Torque on the loop can be found using . Maximum torque occurs when and .
For , the maximum torque is
Entering known values yields
This torque is large enough to be useful in a motor.
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