Question

Drive and expression for torque expession why magnetic dipole in uniform magnet feild

Answer 1

Answer:

Consider a bar magnet NS of length 2l and pole strength m placed in a uniform magnetic field of induction B at an angle θ with the direction of the field (Fig.).

Torque on bar magnet

Due to the magnetic field B, a force mB acts on the North Pole along the direction of the field and a force mB acts on the South Pole along the direction opposite to the magnetic field. These two forces are equal and opposite, hence constitute a couple.

The torque τ due to the couple is

Vectorially

The direction of τ is perpendicular to the plane containing and .

If B = 1 and θ = 900

Then from equation (2),