Fleming’s Right Hand Rule

When a conductor moves in a magnetic field, the direction of motion of the conductor, the field and the induced current are given by Fleming’s right hand rule and is as follows:

Fleming's Right Hand Rule

The thumb, index finger and middle finger of right hand are stretched out in mutually perpendicular directions. If the index finger points the direction of the magnetic field and the thumb indicates the direction of motion of the conductor, then the middle finger will indicate the direction of the induced current.

Fleming’s right hand rule is also known as generator rule.

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