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How does running an electric current through wire cause a magnetic field?

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  1. 14 May, 22:28
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    When a charged particle-such as an electron, proton or ion-is in motion, magnetic lines of force rotate around the particle. Since electrical current moving through a wire consists of electrons in motion, there is a magnetic field around the wire.
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