A long, solid cylindrical conductor of radius carries a steady current whose volume…

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Problem

A long, solid cylindrical conductor of radius

R

carries a steady current whose volume current density varies with radial distance according to

J(r)=J_{0}\dfrac{r}{R}

, where

J_{0}

is a constant. (i) Obtain an expression for the total current

I

carried by the conductor in terms of

J_{0}

and

R

. (ii) Derive an expression for the magnitude of the magnetic field

B(r)

at a distance

r

from the axis for points inside the conductor

(r<R)

. (iii) Derive

B(r)

for points outside the conductor

(r\ge R)

. (iv) On a single set of qualitative axes, sketch the variation of

B

with

r

from

r=0

r=3R

. Label the key features of the graph.