Engineering
Physics
Magnetic Moment
Question

A square loop is carrying a steady current I and the magnitude of its magnetic dipole moment is m. If this square loop is changed to a circular loop and it carries the same current, the magnitude of the magnetic dipole moment of circular loop will be :

3mπ

2mπ

mπ

4mπ

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Solution

m = Iℓ2  2πr = 4ℓ

 m'=I4ℓ2π    r=2ℓπ

m'm=4ππ     r2=π4ℓ2π2=4ℓ2π

m'=4π  m