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B-Field due to long straight wire
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Iron filings are sprinkled on a plexiglas plate through which a long vertical current-carrying wire passes.


Fishbane Chapter:   30.1
HRW 9th:   29.02
Reese Chapter:   20.6
SJ 3rd Chapter:   22.7
PIRA DCS classification:   5H15.105

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