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State Under What Conditions Force Acting on a Current Carrying Conductor Which is Freely Suspended in a Magnetic Field Can Be Zero. - Physics

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State under what conditions force acting on a current carrying conductor which is freely suspended in a magnetic field can be Zero.

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This force F is zero when the magnetic field due to flow of current in the conductor is parallel to the given magnetic field B.

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