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Electricity & Magnetism
Electricity and magnetism encompass the phenomena generated by electromagnetism, one of the four fundamental forces of the universe. Use Wolfram|Alpha to explore the rich variety of electromagnetic interactions arising from electric and magnetic fields. Compute the forces involved in static and dynamic fields. Explore how electricity behaves within a circuit. Examine properties of electromagnetic radiation.
Compute electric field strength and force and examine electric field equations for many different charge distributions.
Do a Coulomb's law computation:
Compute electric potential and field strength:
Find equations associated with a charge distribution:
Examine electric fields and electric potentials of different physical systems.
Find information on a moving charge:
Compute time-dependent electrical potential:
Explore properties of the electromagnetic spectrum and electromagnetic phenomena, such as Larmor radiation and visible colors.
Compute Larmor frequency:
Compute a gyromagnetic ratio:
Compute the visible light color corresponding to a frequency:
Compute the attenuation coefficient for radio waves in air:
Explore the physical quantities used in the field of electricity and magnetism and how they are measured.
Discover how to measure different physical properties:
Compute a dimensionless electrodynamic quantity:
Compute dimensionless combinations:
Get information about a physical quantity:
Compute the magnetic fields for and their effects on different objects.
Compute magnetic flux density for an object:
Compute force on a pair of wires:
Find equations associated with a magnetized object:
Find the axial field strength of an ideal solenoid:
Compute properties of different circuit elements, including diodes and filters, and their combinations.
Use input fields to specify data for an Ohm's law computation:
Analyze an RLC circuit:
Calculate the power used across an electrical component:
Compute the allowed frequencies, their velocities and how the wave looks as it passes through different waveguides.
Explore properties of ideal waveguides:
Examine properties of specific modes:
Investigate attenuated waveguides:
Examine physical constants relevant to electricity and magnetism.
Get the value of a physical constant:
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