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Ampere's Law: Magnetic Field Due to a Long Straight Wire

Direction of magnetic field
The direction of the magnetic field can be determined by the right hand rule.
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"Sunil Kumar Singh, Magnetic Field Due to Current in Straight Wire. January 12, 2013."
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