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The unit of permeability of vacuum (μ₀) is ______.

Asked in GUJCET 2014 · Magnetisation, intensity and susceptibility

Answer: (2) N A⁻²

Step-by-step solution

Idea: read the unit off any equation that contains μ₀. Take the force per unit length between two long parallel currents, F/ℓ=(μ₀I₁I₂)/(2π d).

Rearranged, μ₀=(2π d)/(I₁I₂)·F/ℓ.

Units: m/(A²)×N/m=N A⁻² -- the metres cancel.

The same answer comes from B=(μ₀I)/(2π r), which gives T m A⁻¹; since 1 T=1 N A⁻¹ m⁻¹, this is N A⁻² again.

So the unit of μ₀ is N A⁻², the same thing as H m⁻¹.

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