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Why is magnetic field always perpendicular to velocity?

Is there any case where magnetic field is not perpendicular to velocity? How?

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The direction of the force is given by the right-hand rule. The force exerted on a charge moving in a magnetic field is always perpendicular to both the velocity and the field. Any force perpendicular to the velocity can not change the speed (or the kinetic energy).

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Magnetic field is perpenticular to velocity.
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