Catapult effect

{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-006842",
  "term": "Catapult effect",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "The sudden sideways motion of a loose, current-carrying conductor placed in a magnetic field, caused by the Lorentz force on the moving charges. The force acts at right angles to both the current and the field, so a free wire lying across the field is thrown away from its position. For a straight wire at right angles to the field, the force equals the field strength times the current times the length of wire inside the field.",
  "subject": "Electrical engineering",
  "translations": {
    "de": "Katapulteffekt",
    "es": "efecto catapulta",
    "fr": "effet catapulte"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/catapult-effect/"
}