MAGNETIC FLUX

branch ELECTROMAGNETISM & INDUCTION

Leading to FARADAY'S LAW

Magnetic flux (denoted as Φ), is the amount of magnetic field (also called "magnetic flux density") passing through a surface (such as a conducting coil). The SI unit of magnetic flux is the weber (Wb)


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The magnetic flux Φ= is defined as:


Φ=BAcosθ

or

Φ=BAsinθ

Where A is an area which is perpendicular to the field lines.


Around the bar magnet, the flux is greatest around the poles. Similarly the greatest flux in a solenoid is found through the inner core.


For multiple loops of wire like in a solenoid, we use the quantity N φ. Nφ is defined as the flux linkage between each of the coils.

Credit: Tristan O'Hanlon