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====== The Lorentz Force Law ======

===== The Prompt =====

**``Write down the Lorentz force law.''**



===== Context =====

This [[strategy:smallwhiteboard:|SWBQ]] is a useful activity for helping students recall what the force is experienced by a charged particle subject to an electric and magnetic field, or

$$\vec{F}=q\left(\vec{E}+\vec{v} \times \vec{B}\right) \; \; .$$




===== Wrap Up =====
This SWBQ can be incorporated before or after any activity where students must calculate the force exerted on a loop of current in a magnetic field. 

{{swbq:spsw:spswlflaw.ppt|Powerpoint slide}}
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{{swbq:spsw:spswlflaw.pdf|PDF slide}}



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