A 20 m long uniform copper wire held horizontally is allowed to fall under the gravity (g = 10 m/s2) through a uniform horizontal magnetic field of 0.5 Gauss perpendicular to the length of the wire. The induced EMF across the wire when it travels a vertical distance of 200 m is mV.
- 200 10
- 0.2 10
- 20 10
- 2 10
Answer
(3) 20 10
Solution
Speed after falling 200 m: v = 2gh = 2 10 200 = 20 10 m/s
B = 0.5 G = 0.5 10-4 T; B, l and v are mutually perpendicular.
= Bvl = 0.5 10-4 20 10 20
= 2 10-2 10 V = 20 10 mV
Answer: (3)