16.360 Lecture 21

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• Magnetic forces and Torques• The Biot-Savart Law• Magnetic force between two parallel conductors• Maxwell’s magnetic potential

16.360 Lecture 21

Magnetic forces and Torques

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The Biot-Savart Law

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