How do moving electric charges create magnetic fields?

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Trejder · Answer 1 · 2021-04-21T06:27:06+0000

When a charged particle—such as an electron, proton or ion—is in motion, magnetic lines of force rotate around the particle. Since electrical current moving through a wire consists of electrons in motion, there is a magnetic field around the wire.

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