Introduction to Magnetic Force

This page provides a short introduction to the concept of the magnetic force.

Main Idea

A Mathematical Model

Magnetic force can be represented as follows, where q is the charge on a particle, v' is that particles velocity, and B is the magnetic field.

• [math]\displaystyle{ \vec{\mathbf{F_B}}=q\vec{\mathbf{v}}\times{}\vec{\mathbf{B}} }[/math]