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ROUGH DRAFT Helmholtz Coils—Uniform Magnetic Fields by Dr. James E. Parks Department of Physics and Astronomy 401 Nielsen Physics Building The University of Tennessee Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-1200 Copyright September 2013, by James Edgar Parks* *All rights are reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the author. Objectives The objectives of this experiment are: (1) to study and verify the equations for the magnetic field of a pair of Helmholtz coils, (2) to learn about the rationale for using Helmholtz coils, (3) to measure the magnetic field strength as a function of the axial distance for a set of Helmholtz coils, and (4) to measure the magnetic field strength transversely between two Helmholtz coils. Introduction Helmholtz coils are two identical circular coils of wire with identical electrical currents flowing in the same direction and arranged symmetrically. The coils have a common axis such that the magnetic field of each adds to the magnetic field of the other. They are placed a distance apart equal to the radii of the coils. In this arrangement, the magnetic field can be shown from theory and measurements to be nearly uniform in the center and so can be used to locate experimental apparatus requiring a uniform magnetic field. This arrangement of coils is named in honor of the German physicist Hermann von Helmh