Magnetic Force on a current carrying conductor Why does a current carrying conductor parallel to the magnetic field not experience a force?

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2022-08-18

Magnetic Force on a current carrying conductor
Why does a current carrying conductor parallel to the magnetic field not experience a force?

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The Lorentz force law says that the force F due to a magnetic field B on a particle with charge q moving with velocity v is
(1) F = q v × B .
If v is parallel to B, then v × B B × B = 0 (because the cross-product of any vector with itself is zero), so the force is zero.
In a wire carrying a current in the direction u, the charge carriers are moving with velocity v u , so we again have v × B = 0 if u is parallel to B.

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