Home
Class 12
PHYSICS
Two current elements are placed a certai...

Two current elements are placed a certain distance apart but not parallel to each other. Do they exert equal and opposite forces on each other?

Text Solution

Verified by Experts

Two current elements, placed a certain distance apart but not parallel to each other also exert forces on each other which are equal and opposite according to Newton's third law of action and reaction.
Promotional Banner

Topper's Solved these Questions

  • MAGNETIC EFFECT OF CURRENT AND MAGNETISM

    PRADEEP|Exercise Conceptual Problems (d)|2 Videos

  • MAGNETIC EFFECT OF CURRENT AND MAGNETISM

    PRADEEP|Exercise Very Short Answer Questions (a)|2 Videos

  • ELECTROSTATICS

    PRADEEP|Exercise ASSERTION-REASON TYPE QUESTIONS|2 Videos

  • OPTICS

    PRADEEP|Exercise Multiple choice questions|1 Videos

Similar Questions

Explore conceptually related problems

Prove that two parallel current elements exert equal and opposite force on each other.

Opposite charges …………..each other.

Two point charges placed at a certain distance r in air exert a force F on each other. Then the distance r at which these charges will exert the same force in a medium of dielectric constnat K is given by

Two identical balls having like charges and placed at a certain distance apart repel each other with a certain force. They are brought in contact and then moved apart to a distance equal to half their initial separation. The force of repulsion between them increases 4.5 times in comparision with the initial value. The ratio of the initial charges of the balls is

Can you think of two particles which do not exert gravitational force on each other?

If two lines intersect each other, then the vertically opposite angles are equal.

Two spheres of electric charges +2nC and -8nC are placed at a distance d apart. If they are allowed to touch each other, whatis the new distance between them to get a repulsive force of same magnitude as before?