Video: Right Hand Rule in a Straight Wire

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This animation demonstrates a right hand rule showing the relation between the direction of current flow in a wire and the direction of the resulting magnetic field around that wire.



The thumb points in the direction the current is flowing and the fingers show the orientation of the electric field.
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Topic: Magnetism

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