In one of NASA's space tether experiments, a 20.0 km long conducting wire was deployed as a power source by the space shuttle as it orbited at 7.86 x 10³ m/s around earth and across earth's magnetic field lines. If the component of earth's magnetic field perpendicular to the tether was 1.16 x 10-5 T, determine the maximum possible potential difference between the two ends of the tether.

In one of NASA's space tether experiments, a 20.0 km long conducting wire was deployed as a power source by the space shuttle as it orbited at 7.86 x 10³ m/s around earth and across earth's magnetic field lines. If the component of earth's magnetic field perpendicular to the tether was 1.16 x 10-5 T, determine the maximum possible potential difference between the two ends of the tether.

University Physics Volume 2

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Chapter12: Sources Of Magnetic Fields

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Problem 47P: A long, solid, cylindrical conductor of radius 3.0 cm carries a current of 50 A distributed...

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