Question

Which of the following law follows when eddy currents are generated?

• A. Lenz's law
• B. Gauss's law
• C. Both A and B
• D. None of these

Answer 1

The correct option is A Lenz's law

Eddy currents flow in closed loops within conductors, in planes perpendicular to the magnetic field.By Lenz's law, an eddy current creates a magnetic field that opposes the change in the magnetic field that created it, and thus eddy currents react back on the source of the magnetic field.Lenz law, the current swirls in such a way as to create a magnetic field opposing the change; for this to occur in a conductor, electrons swirl in a plane perpendicular to the magnetic field.