Oscillation of a uniformly wound coil
ID: oscillation-of-a-uniformly-wound-coil
For a light nonmagnetic rod of length wound uniformly with thin turns of mean radius , the magnetic dipole moment is . Wire of cross-sectional area and density has mass approximately . The transverse central moment of inertia is in the thin-winding approximation. Consequently the oscillation period in a transverse magnetic field does not depend on the number of turns: wire inertia and magnetic moment both scale with .
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