File:Manoderecha.svg
Summary
Illustration of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/right_hand_rule" class="extiw" title="w:right hand rule">right hand rule</a> a process for determining the direction of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/magnetic_field" class="extiw" title="w:magnetic field">magnetic field</a> created by an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/electric_current" class="extiw" title="w:electric current">electric current</a> passing through a wire. If the conductor is grasped by the right hand so the thumb points in the direction of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/conventional_current" class="extiw" title="w:conventional current">conventional current</a> (flow of positive charge) in the wire, the fingers circling the wire will point in the direction of the magnetic field lines.
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| current | 05:23, 13 January 2017 | | 407 × 301 (22 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | Illustration of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/right_hand_rule" class="extiw" title="w:right hand rule">right hand rule</a> a process for determining the direction of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/magnetic_field" class="extiw" title="w:magnetic field">magnetic field</a> created by an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/electric_current" class="extiw" title="w:electric current">electric current</a> passing through a wire. If the conductor is grasped by the right hand so the thumb points in the direction of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/conventional_current" class="extiw" title="w:conventional current">conventional current</a> (flow of positive charge) in the wire, the fingers circling the wire will point in the direction of the magnetic field lines. |
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