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how much current to cancel earth's magnetic field?

Asked Jul 7, 2012, 01:06 PM — 1 Answer
It can be shown the magnetic field in a long narrow tube is uniform and given by B(Tesla =1.26E-6 N I(amp)?

where N is number of wire loops/meter. Assuming the solenoid is aligned along the Earth's magnetic field,how much current is needed to cancel the Earth's field?
earth's magnetic field is 10^-4 Tesla

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Jul 9, 2012, 04:36 AM
Given the equation , and given that the earth's magnetic field is , set these equal to each other and solve for the current, I.
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