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| Feb 24, 2022 at 17:59 | history | edited | Mozibur Ullah | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Feb 24, 2022 at 17:44 | comment | added | Mozibur Ullah | @MichaelEngelhardt: It may not be essential to the character of an electromagnet, but practically speaking it's easier to wind one piece of wire round rather than many. A dictionary that I looked at described a solenoid as I expect most people would imagine it to be. Thus, I think it's natural to think of a solenoid as I have done. | |
| Feb 24, 2022 at 16:49 | history | edited | LSpice | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Feb 24, 2022 at 16:17 | answer | added | Carlo Beenakker | timeline score: 5 | |
| Feb 24, 2022 at 16:13 | comment | added | Michael Engelhardt | The fact that we wind an electromagnet helically as opposed to composing it of separate rings (that we somehow must each provide with current) is a purely practical matter. It is not essential to the character of an electromagnet. I don't think a specifically helical character is attached to the notion of a solenoid. | |
| Feb 24, 2022 at 16:00 | comment | added | Ben McKay | The explanation on Wikipedia is clear and not unlikely to be true, but gives no source and could be wrong. | |
| Feb 24, 2022 at 15:30 | history | edited | Mozibur Ullah | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Feb 24, 2022 at 15:29 | comment | added | Mozibur Ullah | @Wojuwu: No, I'm not. And if you read my question carefully enough you will see I have checked 'online sources' including that page. It gives no real explanation of why such a field is called solenoidal other than the bald assertion " ... as if constrained within a pipe so with fixed volume". The usual sense of solenoidal means helical, as I've explained above, there is no indication of this in the Wikipedia page you linked to. | |
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| Feb 24, 2022 at 14:35 | history | edited | Wojowu |
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| Feb 24, 2022 at 14:35 | comment | added | Wojowu | Are you not satisfied with the explanation on Wikipedia? | |
| Feb 24, 2022 at 14:04 | history | asked | Mozibur Ullah | CC BY-SA 4.0 |