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A current carrying coil is freely suspended in a uniform magnetic field. The coil tends to set its plane ______ .

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Parallel to the magnetic field
Perpendicular to the magnetic field
Inclined to the magnetic field
Continuously ROTATING

Solution :The COUPLE acting on current coil freely suspended in uniform magnetic field is given by `tau=IBIxxbsin alpha =IBA sinalpha`

`IMPLIES tau` is MAXIMUM when `alpha= 90^(@)` i.e., when the plane of the coil is parallel to the magnetic field
`implies tau =0` when `alpha`=0 i.e., when the plane of the coil is perpendicular to the magnetic field Hence the couple SETS the coil in a position in which its plane is perpendicular to themagnetic field. It is the position of stable equilibrium of the coil.


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