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Problem set 10 - Magnetic materials

due: Monday June 9th, by 5pm.

1. A solenoid with N windings, of length L, and volume V is filled with a material with magnetic permeability
~ = ~jf ree .
= 0 (1 + m ). Recall that B
(a) What is the inductance of the solenoid?
(b) When a current I is flowing through the solenoid, what is the magnetization in the magnetic material filling
the solenoid?
(c) Consider the solenoid carrying a current I, with its two sides chort-circuited by an ideal conductor. Also
neglect any resistance in the circuit. The solenoid is then cooled, which primarily results in the magnetic
permeability decreasing with time:
(t) = + t.

(1)

What is the current in the circuit as a function of time?

~ pointing along the z axis. Using the analogy
2. A uniformly magnetized sphere has radius R, and magnetization M
with our discussion of a uniformly polarized sphere, find:
~ out outside the sphere.
(a) The dipole magnetic field, B
~ in .
(b) The constant magnetic field inside the sphere B
(c) The surface current density (magnitude and direction) at the perimeter of the sphere.
3. Following the discussion in class of the origin of diamagnetic susceptibility (mirroring section 11.5 of Purcell),
and using the formulas derived, what is the magnetic susceptibility in a response to a field in the z-direction of
a material with each atom having electronic current loops of radius 0.5
A lying in the x y plane, and an atom
density of = 1030 m3 ?