Where is the Energy Stored?

• Claim: (without proof) energy is stored in the Magnetic field itself (just as in the Capacitor / Electric field case).

• To calculate this energy density, consider the uniform field generated by a long solenoid:

• The inductance L is:

• We can turn this into an energy density by dividing by the volume containing the field:

• Energy U:

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