Instructions

Note that red indicates a current out of the page, while blue represents a current into the page.

Pushing the "Current In" or "Current Out" buttons will add a straight wire carrying current either into the page or out of the page. You can click-and-drag this wire to see the force it experiences due to the magnetic field.


Acknowledgements

This simulation is based on a physlet by Wolfgang Christian, part of the physlets page at Davidson College.