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Which scientist discovered the Hall effect?
Which scientist discovered the Hall effect?
- Albert Einstein
- Edwin Hall (correct)
- Isaac Newton
- James Clerk Maxwell
What is the Hall effect?
What is the Hall effect?
- The production of a magnetic field across an electrical conductor
- The production of a potential difference across an electrical conductor (correct)
- The production of an electric current across an electrical conductor
- The production of a magnetic field across an electric current
What does the Hall coefficient measure?
What does the Hall coefficient measure?
- The current density
- The ratio of the induced electric field to the product of the current density and the applied magnetic field (correct)
- The induced electric field
- The applied magnetic field
What does the value of the Hall coefficient depend on?
What does the value of the Hall coefficient depend on?
Who systematized the modern theory of electromagnetism?
Who systematized the modern theory of electromagnetism?
Which substance attracts iron or iron-like substances?
Which substance attracts iron or iron-like substances?
What happens when an electric current is passed through a metallic conductor?
What happens when an electric current is passed through a metallic conductor?
What are the two poles of a magnet?
What are the two poles of a magnet?
What happens when like poles of magnets are brought close to each other?
What happens when like poles of magnets are brought close to each other?
How can the direction of the magnetic field around a current-carrying conductor be determined?
How can the direction of the magnetic field around a current-carrying conductor be determined?