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In moving coil galvanometer, strong horse shoe magnet of concave shaped pole pieces is used to

Updated On: Jul 19, 2024
  • increase space for rotation of coil
  • reduce weight of galvanometer
  • produce magnetic field which is parallel to plane of coil at any position
  • make magnetic induction weak at the centre
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The horseshoe magnet has cylindrically concave pole-pieces. Due to its shape the magnet produces radial magnetic field, so that when the coil rotates in any position its plane is always parallel to the direction of the magnetic field. This has been shown in the figure given below.

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