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  2. Ampère's force law - Wikipedia

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    In magnetostatics, the force of attraction or repulsion between two current-carrying wires (see first figure below) is often called Ampère's force law. The physical origin of this force is that each wire generates a magnetic field , following the Biot–Savart law , and the other wire experiences a magnetic force as a consequence, following ...

  3. Electric current - Wikipedia

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    The I symbol was used by André-Marie Ampère, after whom the unit of electric current is named, in formulating Ampère's force law (1820). [8] The notation travelled from France to Great Britain, where it became standard, although at least one journal did not change from using C to I until 1896. [9]

  4. Magnetic field - Wikipedia

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    Ampère's law is always valid for steady currents and can be used to calculate the B-field for certain highly symmetric situations such as an infinite wire or an infinite solenoid. In a modified form that accounts for time varying electric fields, Ampère's law is one of four Maxwell's equations that describe electricity and magnetism.

  5. Maxwell's equations - Wikipedia

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    Magnetic-core memory (1954) is an application of Ampère's circuital law. Each core stores one bit of data. The original law of Ampère states that magnetic fields relate to electric current. Maxwell's addition states that magnetic fields also relate to changing electric fields, which Maxwell called displacement current. The integral form ...

  6. Displacement current - Wikipedia

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    Maxwell added displacement current to the electric current term in Ampère's circuital law. In his 1865 paper A Dynamical Theory of the Electromagnetic Field Maxwell used this amended version of Ampère's circuital law to derive the electromagnetic wave equation. This derivation is now generally accepted as a historical landmark in physics by ...

  7. List of eponymous laws - Wikipedia

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    Ampère's circuital law, in physics, relates the circulating magnetic field in a closed loop to the electric current through the loop. Discovered by André-Marie Ampère. Anderson's rule is used for the construction of energy band diagrams of the heterojunction between two semiconductor materials. Named for R. L. Anderson.

  8. Ampere - Wikipedia

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    The ampere is named for French physicist and mathematician André-Marie Ampère (1775–1836), who studied electromagnetism and laid the foundation of electrodynamics.In recognition of Ampère's contributions to the creation of modern electrical science, an international convention, signed at the 1881 International Exposition of Electricity, established the ampere as a standard unit of ...

  9. Electricity - Wikipedia

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    Ampère's circuital law, connects the direction of an electric current and its associated magnetic currents. Electric potential energy, the potential energy of a system of charges; Electricity market, the sale of electrical energy; Etymology of electricity, the origin of the word electricity and its current different usages