Magnetic fields can be pictorially represented by magnetic field lines, the properties of which are as follows: The field is tangent to the magnetic field line. Field strength is proportional to the ...Magnetic fields can be pictorially represented by magnetic field lines, the properties of which are as follows: The field is tangent to the magnetic field line. Field strength is proportional to the line density. Field lines cannot cross. Field lines are continuous loops.
Figure \(\PageIndex{1}\): Magnetic field lines are defined to have the direction that a small compass points when placed at a location. (a) If small compasses are used to map the magnetic field around...Figure \(\PageIndex{1}\): Magnetic field lines are defined to have the direction that a small compass points when placed at a location. (a) If small compasses are used to map the magnetic field around a bar magnet, they will point in the directions shown: away from the north pole of the magnet, toward the south pole of the magnet. (Recall that the Earth’s north magnetic pole is really a south pole in terms of definitions of poles on a bar magnet.) (b) Connecting the arrows gives continuous magn…
Magnetic fields can be pictorially represented by magnetic field lines, the properties of which are as follows: The field is tangent to the magnetic field line. Field strength is proportional to the ...Magnetic fields can be pictorially represented by magnetic field lines, the properties of which are as follows: The field is tangent to the magnetic field line. Field strength is proportional to the line density. Field lines cannot cross. Field lines are continuous loops.
