Magnetic Field of Hollow Cylinder – Rankers Physics
Topic: Magnetic Effects of Current
Subtopic: Ampere's Circuital Law

Magnetic Field of Hollow Cylinder

For the hollow thin cylindrical current carrying straight pipe which statement is correct:
Magnetic field inside the pipe is not zero.
Magnetic field outside the pipe is zero.
Electric field outside the pipe is zero.
Electric field on the surface of pipe is zero.

Solution:

Inside the hollow pipe, the magnetic field is zero according to Ampere's law. Since a current-carrying pipe is electrically neutral, the electric field outside the pipe is zero.

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