Demonstrations of magnetic phenomena: Measuring the air permeablity using tablets
We use a tablet to determine experimentally the dependencies of the magnetic field (B) on the electrical current and on the axial distance from a coil (z). Our data shows a good precision on the inverse cubic dependence of the magnetic field on the axial distance, $B \propto z^{-3}$. We obtain with good accuracy the value of air permeability $μ_{air}$. We also observe the same dependence of $B$ on $z$ when considering a magnet instead of a coil. Although our estimates are obtained through simple data fits, we also perform a more sophisticated error analysis, confirming the result for $μ_{air}$.
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