alleryThe force on a charge moving in electric and magnetic fields is named after:
ALorentz
BAmpere
COersted
DSavart
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Lorentz
1. The combined force was written down first by one physicist.
2. He built on the experiments of Ampere and others.
3. It is called the Lorentz force.
_Source: syllabus Physics Part I, Chapter 4, Moving Charges and Magnetism._
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