Statement
9.3.11∗. a. A solid cylinder is cut from iron magnetized to saturation so that its axis coincides with the direction
of magnetization. Prove that the magnetic field of this cylinder is equivalent to the field of a transverse
current flowing over its surface, the linear density of which is equal to the magnetic moment of a unit
volume of iron.
b. A cube was cut from a long rod magnetized to saturation along the axis so that one of the edges of
the cube was directed along the direction of magnetization. How many times will the induction of the
magnetic field in the center of the cube be less than the induction in the rod?
c. Determine the magnetic field induction in the center of a cylinder of length
magnetic moment of a unit volume of iron is equal to
d. Solve the previous problem if a small-radius hole is drilled along the axis of the cylinder
Solution
normal vector to the surface.
Because the conductor is magnetized to saturation the rotor of
At the ends the vector product vanishes, so there is no current there either.
the current is only at the ends and according to the vector product rule its linear density is equal to
The difference in induction arises from the difference in solid angles at which current-carrying surfaces are visible. Similar to point a, currents arise only on the outer surface and are absent at the ends and inside the conductors. In the case of an infinite stub, the solid angle is
In the case of a square
So:
Let us imagine the field of the past cylinder as a superposition of the fields of the thin cylinder in the center and the rest of it.
Answer
of thickness
per unit volume of iron); along the outer surface of the disk (see the solution to problem 9.2.19∗).
of magnetization. The magnitude of this vector will be smaller than the magnitude of the magnetic field induction inside the rod by as many times as
faces of cube 1–4) is less than