Visualizing Magnetic Fields
It is the direction and strength of the force
on a small test magnet (compass needle) that defines the magnetic force
field:
Two Important Magnetic Field Configurations
Magnetic field lines due to current in a single loop.
Magnetic field lines due current in a coil or multiple loops.
This page was prepared and is maintained by R.
Victor Jones
Comments to: jones@deas.harvard.edu.
Last updated March 10, 1999