A coil wrapped around toroid has inner radius of $20 \mathrm{~cm}$ and an outer radius of $25 \mathrm{~cm}$.…

A coil wrapped around toroid has inner radius of $20 \mathrm{~cm}$ and an outer radius of $25 \mathrm{~cm}$. If the wire wrapping makes 800 turns and carries a current of $12 \mathrm{~A}$. The maximum and minimum values of the magnetic field with in the toroid are
  1. $9.6 \mathrm{mT}, 7.68 \mathrm{mT}$
  2. $4 \mathrm{mT}, 2.5 \mathrm{mT}$
  3. $7 \mathrm{mT}, 5.6 \mathrm{mT}$
  4. $6.6 \mathrm{mT}, 3.3 \mathrm{mT}$

Solution

Given, inner radius, $r_1=20 \mathrm{~cm}=0.2 \mathrm{~m}$ Outer radius, $r_2=25 \mathrm{~cm}=0.25 \mathrm{~m}$ Number of turns, $N=800$ Current in the toroid, $I=12 \mathrm{~A}$ Magnetic field due to $N$ circular rings (toroid), $ B=\frac{\mu \cdot N I}{2 \pi r} $ Magnetic field is maximum at $r_{\min }=0.2 \mathrm{~m}$ $ \begin{aligned} B_{\max } & =\frac{4 \pi \times 10^{-7} \times 800 \times 12}{2 \pi(0.2)}=9.6 \times 10^{-3} \mathrm{~T} \\ & =9.6 \mathrm{mT} \end{aligned} $ Magnetic field is minimum at $r_{\max }=0.25 \mathrm{~m}$ $ \begin{aligned} B_{\min } & =\frac{4 \pi \times 10^{-7} \times 800 \times 12}{2 \pi \times(0.25)}=7.68 \times 10^{-3} \mathrm{~T} \\ & =7.68 \mathrm{mT} \end{aligned} $ So, the maximum value of magnetic field within the toroid is $9.6 \mathrm{mT}$ and minimum value of magnetic field within the toroid is $7.68 \mathrm{mT}$

Asked in: AP EAMCET 2021 (25 Aug Shift 1)

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