right-hand rule
electromagnetism
Also known as: Fleming’s rule
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conception by Ampère
- In electromagnetism: Experimental and theoretical studies of electromagnetic phenomena
…was able to express the right-hand rule for the direction of the force on a current in a magnetic field. He also established experimentally and quantitatively the laws of magnetic force between electric currents. He suggested that internal electric currents are responsible for permanent magnets and for highly magnetizable materials…
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electromagnetic fields
- In magnetism: Lorentz force
…dF is given by the right-hand rule illustrated in Figure 6. As shown, the fingers are in the direction of B; the current (or in the case of a positive moving point charge, the velocity) is in the direction of the thumb, and the force is perpendicular to the palm.
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