A conducting circular loop of radius is placed in the plane in a uniform magnetic ficld of and pointing in the positive -direction. Calculate the magnetic flux through the loop.
Explanation
The magnetic flux through the surface or loop of vector area is the magnetic field or number of field lines passing through the surface. It is defined as:
Where:
magnitude of the magnetic field,
area of the surface/loop
angle between the magnetic field lines and the normal or perpendicular to the surface.
where normal to the surface loop with area .
Key note:
The key idea to the problem at hand is to note that since the loop is placed in the plane, the normal to the surface will be in the - direction. Also, it is stated in the problem that the magnetic field is pointing in the positive - direction, thus, the normal to the surface and the magnetic field are in the same direction. So . See the figure belowinally, using