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magnetic dipole in external magnetic field
EM-h2c



Shows that a magnet is rotated but not displaced by a uniform B field, and displaced, but not rotated, by a grad B field where B itself is zero.


HRW 9th:   28.10
Purcell Chapter:   11.4
PIRA DCS classification:   5H20.11

Physics Lecture Demonstrations at the Department of Physics and Astronomy
The Johns Hopkins University