Main Table of Contents

  0: Introduction
  1: Magnet fundamentals
  2: Magnetic fields
  3: Physics at work: lodestones
  4: The Earth and magnetic fields
  5: Physics at work: compasses and the Earth
  6: Magnetic fields and charged particles
  7: Interactive checkpoint: a charge in a magnetic field
  8: Interactive problem: charged particle moving in a B field
  9: Determining the strength of a magnetic field
10: Interactive problem: B field strength and particle motion
11: Physics at work: velocity selector
12: Circular motion of particles in magnetic fields
13: Interactive checkpoint: a circular path
14: Sample problem: proton in a magnetic field
15: Physics at work: mass spectrometer
16: Sample problem: carbon isotopes
17: Interactive problem: mass spectrometer analysis
18: Helical particle motion in magnetic fields
19: Sample problem: spiraling proton
20: Interactive problem: helical particle motion
21: Hall effect
22: Additional equations from the Hall experiment
23: Magnetic force on a current-carrying wire
24: Interactive checkpoint: the levitating wire
25: Torque on a loop of current
26: Magnetic dipole moment
27: Physics at work: direct current electric motor
28: Sample problem: magnetic dipole moment
29: Gotchas
30: Summary

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