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The magnetization current is called bound current because the electron is not free to move through the material as they would in a conductor, but are attached to a particular atom or molecule. |
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If, however, the magnetization is not uniform within the sample, the internal currents do not cancel and a magnetization current exists even in the bulk. It can be shown that the bound current density is given by |
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Ampere's Law in Presence of Magnetization |
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Since magnetization of a material produces bound current, it would modify Ampere's law for magnetic field. Consider a solenoid wound around a hollow cylinder with turns per unit length carrying a current . The magnetic field in the solenoid is uniform and is given by . If now, a magnetic material is inserted in the hollow of the cylinder, the material gets magnetized with a magnetization . The surface current density has a magnitude and has the dimension of current per unit length. |
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A unit length of the solenoid has an effective current given by the sum of free current and the magnetization current . Ampere's law would then give the magnetic field in the solenoid as |