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Lorentz Force
Electromagnetism · 1895
- Equation
- F = q(E + v × B)
- Field
- Electromagnetism
- Named After
- Hendrik Lorentz
- Symbols
- F force on the charge · q charge · E electric field · v velocity · B magnetic field
- Year
- 1895
Significance
The force that turns every electric motor: current in a wire is moving charge, a magnetic field pushes it sideways, and a loop of it in a field turns. Run in reverse — move the wire — and the same force pushes charge along it, which is the generator. One equation, both directions.
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