Question

A magnetic needle placed in uniform magnetic field has magnetic moment of 2 × 10^-2 A m², and moment of inertia of 7.2 × 10^-7 kg m². It performs 10 complete oscillations in 6 s. What is the magnitude of the magnetic field ?

Answer 1

Data: M = 2 × 10^-2 A∙m², I = 7.2 × 10^-7 kg∙m²,
T = \(\frac{6}{10}\) = 0.6 S
T = 2π\(\sqrt{\frac{I}{M B}}\)
The magnitude of the magnetic field is
B = \(\frac{4 \pi^{2} I}{M T^{2}}\)
= \(\frac{(4)(3.14)^{2}\left(7.2 \times 10^{-7}\right)}{\left(2 \times 10^{-2}\right)(0.6)^{2}}\)
= 3.943 × 10^-3 T = 3.943 mT