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How do moving electric charges create magnetic fields?
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How do moving electric charges create magnetic fields?

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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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