Module 3 : MAGNETIC FIELD
Lecture 15Biot- Savarts' Law

For the case of a Helmholtz coil, $ 2b=a$, and the expression for field is independent of $z$up to its third power, and is given by,

\begin{displaymath}B(z) = \frac{\mu_0 I}{a}(4/5)^{3/2}\left[1-\frac{144}{125}\frac{z^4}{a^4}  \right]\end{displaymath}

It can be seen that the field along the axis is nearly uniform in the region between the coils.

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