If a conductor carrying current is placed inside a magnetic field, we know that there is the Lorentz force pushing the wire. But what about the attraction force between the wire's field and the magnet/electromagnet's field? So, isn't there really two forces involved? Attraction due to two magnetic field, and Lorentz force?

Caylee Villegas

Caylee Villegas

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2022-07-20

If a conductor carrying current is placed inside a magnetic field, we know that there is the Lorentz force pushing the wire. But what about the attraction force between the wire's field and the magnet/electromagnet's field? So, isn't there really two forces involved? Attraction due to two magnetic field, and Lorentz force?

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cindysnifflesuz

Beginner2022-07-21Added 19 answers

The experiment is simplified because it assumes the field generated by the wire to be small compared to that of the external field. That means there is a given external field and you can integrate Newtons law with the Lorentz force seperately. If that simplification doesn't hold any more, one would (in principal) have to consistently solve the coupled system of both the Maxwell's field equation and equations of motion, which might be a bit tricky in this case.

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