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Fleming's Left Hand Rule

Key Stage 4

Meaning

Fleming's left hand rule is a method to show the direction of the force applied to a current carrying wire in a magnetic field.

About Fleming's Left Hand Rule

In Fleming's left hand rule the index finger, middle finger and thumb are held at right angles to each other.
In Fleming's left hand rule the direction of the magnetic field is represented by the index finger, the direction of the current is represented by the middle finger and the direction of the force is represented by the thumb.
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\(\overrightarrow{B}\): First finger field.

\(\overrightarrow{I}\): Second finger current.

\(\overrightarrow{F}\): The force.

References

AQA

Fleming’s left-hand rule, page 220, GCSE Physics; Third Edition, Oxford University Press, AQA
Fleming’s left-hand rule, page 229, GCSE Physics, Hodder, AQA
Fleming’s left-hand rule, pages 223, 224, GCSE Combined Science Trilogy; Physics, CGP, AQA
Fleming’s left-hand rule, pages 297, 298m GCSE Physics; The Complete 9-1 Course for AQA, CGP, AQA
Fleming’s left-hand rule, pages 94, 95, GCSE Physics; The Revision Guide, CGP, AQA

Edexcel

Fleming’s left hand rule, page 172, GCSE Physics, Pearson Edexcel
Fleming’s left-hand rule, page 197, GCSE Combined Science; The Revision Guide, CGP, Edexcel
Fleming’s left-hand rule, page 407, GCSE Combined Science, Pearson Edexcel
Fleming’s left-hand rule, page 87, GCSE Physics; The Revision Guide, CGP, Edexcel
Fleming’s left-hand rule, pages 274, 275, GCSE Physics, CGP, Edexcel

OCR

Fleming`s left-hand rule, pages 127,137, Gateway GCSE Physics, Oxford, OCR
Fleming’s left-hand rule, pages 54, 55, Gateway GCSE Physics; The Revision Guide, CGP, OCR