The magnetic field inside a long solenoid:

CONCEPT:

• A solenoid is an instrument that consists of copper coiling over a cylinder designed to create a strong magnetic field inside the coil because of the flow of current through the coil.
  • By wrapping the same wire many times around a cylinder, the magnetic field due to the flow of current can become quite strong.
  • Hence we can say that the strength of the magnetic field will change as a current through coil or number of turns changes.
  • Magnetic field strength is independent of the diameter of the cylinder of a solenoid.
• The strength of the magnetic field in a solenoid will be directly proportional to the number of turns and amount of current flowing through a wire and will be inversely proportional to its length and it is given as

\(\Rightarrow B = \frac{{{μ _0}NI}}{l}\)

Where N = number of turns and I = current, l = length of the solenoid

EXPLANATION:

• Inside a long current carrying straight solenoid, magnetic field lines are straight and parallel.
• The strength of parallel magnetic field lines indicates that the magnetic field is uniform everywhere inside a long solenoid.​ Therefore option 2 is correct.