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Subject: What exactly is a 'Weber' in terms of 'how much' magnetic flux it is?

Date: Wed Nov 8 14:27:52 2000
Posted by Julian
Grade level: 10-12 School: Chellaston school
City: Derby State/Province: Derbyshire Country: UK
Area of science: Physics
ID: 973711672.Ph
Message:

The unit of magnetic flux (magnetic field lines) is the Weber (Wb), but 
what exactly does it mean?  If it simply means the total number of lines 
of flux, this would be very difficult to ascetain in reality.  Magnetic 
field lines are similar to contour lines on a map, and it could be argued 
that there are an indefinte number of them.  Does one Weber equal one line 
of flux?


Re: What exactly is a 'Weber' in terms of 'how much' magnetic flux it is?

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