Hello, more radical newbie questions! I apologize in advance. Lol
Hello, I'm trying to get a better understanding of the Lorentz force. I get the fundamentals I think but the law states the force is applied to --- charged partials --- and I've seen the water whirlpool effect with magnets. In this case the charged partial is the ions in the water or something? So the water spins because is particals are charged.
My next question is, what is considered a "charged partical"?
Is a charged partical only a partical within a conductive medium,does the force only apply to materials that are conductive or does the force apply to all materials?
If the force only applies to materials that are conductive then...
What would the significance be if the Lorentz force could be applied and seen on a material / object that is non conductive?
For example what would it mean if instead of water circulation in a cup showing off the Lorentz force by the em field if let's say the cup was filled with rocks and the rocks moved in a circular motion.
Is that even possible? If it was what would that mean? Would that require more energy or less energy than seeing it with the water?
Hello, I'm trying to get a better understanding of the Lorentz force. I get the fundamentals I think but the law states the force is applied to --- charged partials --- and I've seen the water whirlpool effect with magnets. In this case the charged partial is the ions in the water or something? So the water spins because is particals are charged.
My next question is, what is considered a "charged partical"?
Is a charged partical only a partical within a conductive medium,does the force only apply to materials that are conductive or does the force apply to all materials?
If the force only applies to materials that are conductive then...
What would the significance be if the Lorentz force could be applied and seen on a material / object that is non conductive?
For example what would it mean if instead of water circulation in a cup showing off the Lorentz force by the em field if let's say the cup was filled with rocks and the rocks moved in a circular motion.
Is that even possible? If it was what would that mean? Would that require more energy or less energy than seeing it with the water?