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Magnetic Field Inside a Solenoid

B = mu0·n·I

What it says

The magnetic field inside a long solenoid is set by the vacuum permeability, the turns per unit length, and the current. The constant mu0 is the vacuum permeability (1.257e-6 T·m/A).

Symbols

SymbolQuantityDimension
BMagnetic field (T)M T^-2 I^-1
nTurns per unit length (1/m)L^-1
ICurrent (A)I

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