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is magnetic field conservative or non conservative?

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is magnetic field conservative or non conservative?

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pink_ele

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2 Oct 2008 16:28:37 IST

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non conservative

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2 Oct 2008 16:34:32 IST

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Non coservative,dude......

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Avirup Dasgupta

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2 Oct 2008 22:09:43 IST

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Magnetic field is neither conservative nor non-conservative.

Conservative or non-conservative nature of a field is defined if scalar potential is defined for the field.

The potential defined for magnetic field is a vctor potential.

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2 Oct 2008 22:16:14 IST

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For a definition of scalar potential, check the answer given by me at http://www.goiit.com/posts/list/electricity-whatis-meant-by-potential-83716.htm

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2 Dec 2008 02:30:48 IST

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well said,

magnetic potential is a vector( A )and is given by,

B = CURL (A).

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2 Dec 2008 14:01:31 IST

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non conservative

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actually it is a little confusing but in my opinion its non conservativecheck out the link for detailed explainationhttp://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/1998-05/895287804.Ph.r.html

Sagar Saxena

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17 Jan 2009 23:40:49 IST

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well dude........nice .....it is non conservative in nature

Bhupesh Mohanty

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18 Jan 2009 01:13:25 IST

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It would be great if I could get a mathematical explanation of this, as far as I understand Electric and magnetic field both as different aspects of same entity . It actually the observer who decides if its a magnetic or Electric field so If electric field can be conservative why cant magnetic field be ? ( Well just a precaution It could have been a easier case had there been a magnetic monpole existing )

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18 Jan 2009 02:31:08 IST

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sorry dear........

i consulted more about it .

magnetic field is conservative in nature as one may write it a gradient of a scalar field, the potential field,except in case of monopole moved in a closed path carring current in awire,there is non zzero work done,this non conservative field. and also a induced electric field is alos non conservative in nature

above is of uniform magnetic field but in case of non uniform magnetic field varrying with time is also a conservative in nature

laiba

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17 Oct 2011 22:26:28 IST

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is magnetic field conservative or non conservative?

Sudeep Mukherjee

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2 Nov 2011 20:32:21 IST

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its neither conservative nor non conservative feild..........

ratan

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6 Dec 2011 14:46:45 IST

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magnetic field is non conservative....

the reason is - if you use a magnet to convert a iron rod into magnet, its free electrons will arrange themselves in same dir.

and even after you put away the magnetic field... you would come to know that your iron rod is now behaving like a magnet.

while if magnetic field would have been consrvative you could use your iron rod like an iron rod (without poles)

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