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What is the Hall effect?
What is the Hall effect?
The Hall effect is the production of a potential difference (the Hall voltage) across an electrical conductor that is transverse to an electric current in the conductor and to an applied magnetic field perpendicular to the current.
Who discovered the Hall effect and in what year?
Who discovered the Hall effect and in what year?
The Hall effect was discovered by Edwin Hall in 1879.
How is the Hall coefficient defined?
How is the Hall coefficient defined?
The Hall coefficient is defined as the ratio of the induced electric field to the product of the current density and the applied magnetic field.
What did James Clerk Maxwell's paper 'On Physical Lines of Force' contribute to the modern theory of electromagnetism?
What did James Clerk Maxwell's paper 'On Physical Lines of Force' contribute to the modern theory of electromagnetism?
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Where was Edwin Hall working when he discovered the Hall effect?
Where was Edwin Hall working when he discovered the Hall effect?
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In what year was the Hall effect discovered and by whom?
In what year was the Hall effect discovered and by whom?
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What is the Hall coefficient and how is it defined?
What is the Hall coefficient and how is it defined?
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Who systematized the modern theory of electromagnetism and in which paper was it published?
Who systematized the modern theory of electromagnetism and in which paper was it published?
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Where was Edwin Hall working when he discovered the Hall effect?
Where was Edwin Hall working when he discovered the Hall effect?
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What was one of the questions being explored at the time of the Hall effect discovery?
What was one of the questions being explored at the time of the Hall effect discovery?
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