Question
A tangent galvanometer is set with its plane making an angle of 30° with the magnetic meridian. When a current is passed through 2 turns coil of radius 0.10 m, in the anti-clockwise direction, the compass needle shows a deflection of 30°. Calculate the strength of current passed. Take H = 0.32 x 10–4 T.
Solution
Number of turns, N = 2
Radius of the coil, r = 0.10 m
Deflection, = 30o
H = 0.32 10-4 T
Before passing current, compass needle was along the direction of H.
On passing current, the needle shows a deflection of 30° (with H) under the combined effect of H and B.
Magnetic field due to current is in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the coil.
As compass needle is inclined equally to H and B, as in fig.
Therefore,