with the help of labelled circuit diagram describe an activity to reset the pattern of the magnetic field lines around a straight current long conducting wire name the rule that is used to find the direction magnetic field official with a current carrying conductor
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Take a battery (12 V), a variable resistance (or a rheostat), an ammeter (0–5 A), a plug key, and a long straight thick copper wire. Insert the thick wire through the centre, normal to the plane of a rectangular cardboard. Take care that the cardboard is fixed and does not slide up or down.
Connect the copper wire vertically between the points X and Y, as shown in diagram in series with the battery, a plug and key. Sprinkle some iron filings uniformly on the cardboard. Keep the variable of the rheostat at a fixed position and note the current through the ammeter. Close the key so that a current flows through the wire. Ensure that the copper wire placed between the points X and Y remains vertically straight.
Gently tap the cardboard a few times. Observe the pattern of the iron filings. It is observed that the iron filings align themselves showing a pattern of concentric circles around the copper wire. These represent the magnetic field lines.
i) Right hand thumb rule
ii) Yes, Alpha particles being, positively charged constitutes a current in the direction of motion.
No, Neutron being electrically neutral constitutes no current.