Electromagnetic induction

  1. 10.1: Introduction to Electromagnetic Induction
  2. Electromagnetic Induction and Faradays Law
  3. Faraday’s law of induction
  4. What is Faraday's law? (article)
  5. What is Electromagnetic Induction?
  6. 20.3 Electromagnetic Induction
  7. Electromagnetic induction
  8. Electromagnetic Induction and Faraday's Law
  9. Electromagnetic induction (& Faraday's experiments) (video)


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10.1: Introduction to Electromagnetic Induction

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Electromagnetic Induction and Faradays Law

Electromagnetic induction uses the relationship between electricity and magnetism whereby an electric current flowing through a single wire will produce a magnetic field around it. If the wire is wound into a coil, the magnetic field is greatly intensified producing a static magnetic field around itself forming the shape of a bar magnet giving a distinct North and South pole. Air-core Hollow Coil The magnetic flux developed around the coil being proportional to the amount of current flowing in the coils windings as shown. If additional layers of wire are wound upon the same coil with the same current flowing through them, the static magnetic field strength would be increased. Therefore, the magnetic field strength of a coil is determined by the ampere turns of the coil. With more turns of wire within the coil, the greater the strength of the static magnetic field around it. But what if we reversed this idea by disconnecting the electrical current from the coil and instead of a hollow core we placed a bar magnet inside the core of the coil of wire. By moving this bar magnet “in” and “out” of the coil a current would be induced into the coil by the physical movement of the magnetic flux inside it. Likewise, if we kept the bar magnet stationary and moved the coil back and forth within the magnetic field an electric current would be induced in the coil. Then by either moving the wire or changing the magnetic field we can induce a voltage and current within the coil and this pr...

Faraday’s law of induction

Faraday visualized a magnetic field as composed of many lines of induction, along which a small E, or emf). This relationship, known as emf t of the magnetic flux Φ that cuts across the circuit: e m f = − dΦ / d t.If the rate of change of magnetic flux is expressed in units of emf has units of This article was most recently revised and updated by

What is Faraday's law? (article)

Consider an electron which is free to move within a wire. As shown in figure 1, the wire is placed in a vertical magnetic field and moved perpendicular to the magnetic field at constant velocity. Both ends of the wire are connected, forming a loop. This ensures that any work done in creating a current in the wire is dissipated as heat in the resistance of the wire. A person pulls the wire with constant velocity through the magnetic field. As they do so, they have to apply a force. The constant magnetic field can’t do work by itself (otherwise its strength would have to change), but it can change the direction of a force. In this case some of the force that the person applies is re-directed, causing an electromotive force on the electron which travels in the wire, establishing a current. Some of the work the person has done pulling the wire ultimately results in energy dissipated as heat within the resistance of the wire. The key experiment which lead Michael Faraday to determine Faraday's law was quite simple. It can be quite easily replicated with little more than household materials. Faraday used a cardboard tube with insulated wire wrapped around it to form a coil. A voltmeter was connected across the coil and the induced EMF read as a magnet was passed through the coil. The setup is shown in Figure 2. • Magnet at rest in or near the coil: No voltage observed. • Magnet moving toward the coil: Some voltage measured, rising to a peak as the magnet nears the center of the ...

What is Electromagnetic Induction?

Electromagnetic Induction What Is Electromagnetic Induction? Electromagnetic Induction was discovered by Michael Faraday in 1831, and James Clerk Maxwell mathematically described it as Faraday’s law of induction. Electromagnetic Induction is a current produced because of voltage production (electromotive force) due to a changing magnetic field. This either happens when a conductor is placed in a moving magnetic field (when using an AC power source) or when a conductor is constantly moving in a stationary magnetic field. As per the setup given below, Michael Faraday arranged a conducting wire attached to a device to measure the voltage across the circuit. When a bar magnet is moved through the coiling, the voltage detector measures the voltage in the circuit. Through his experiment, he discovered that there are certain factors that influence this voltage production. They are: • Number of Coils: The induced voltage is directly proportional to the number of turns/coils of the wire. Greater the number of turns, greater is voltage produced • Changing Magnetic Field: Changing magnetic field affects the induced voltage. This can be done by either moving the magnetic field around the conductor or moving the conductor in the magnetic field. You may also want to check out these concept related to induction: • • • Watch the video and solve the NCERT exercise in the chapter Magnetic Effects of Electric Current Class 10 Applications of Electromagnetic Induction Based on his experiment...

20.3 Electromagnetic Induction

Teacher Support The learning objectives in this section will help your students master the following standards: • (5) The student knows the nature of forces in the physical world. The student is expected to: • (G) investigate and describe the relationship between electric and magnetic fields in applications such as generators, motors, and transformers. In addition, the OSX High School Physics Laboratory Manual addresses content in this section in the lab titled: Magnetism, as well as the following standards: • (5) Science concepts. The student knows the nature of forces in the physical world. The student is expected to: • (G) investigate and describe the relationship between electric and magnetic fields in applications such as generators, motors, and transformers. Section Key Terms emf induction magnetic flux Changing Magnetic Fields In the preceding section, we learned that a current creates a magnetic field. If nature is symmetrical, then perhaps a magnetic field can create a current. In 1831, some 12 years after the discovery that an electric current generates a magnetic field, English scientist Michael Faraday (1791–1862) and American scientist Joseph Henry (1797–1878) independently demonstrated that magnetic fields can produce currents. The basic process of generating currents with magnetic fields is called induction; this process is also called magnetic induction to distinguish it from charging by induction, which uses the electrostatic Coulomb force. When Faraday di...

Electromagnetic induction

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Electromagnetic Induction and Faraday's Law

Electromagnetic induction (also known as Faraday's law of electromagnetic induction or just induction, but not to be confused with inductive reasoning), is a process where a conductor placed in a changing magnetic field (or a conductor moving through a stationary magnetic field) causes the production of a induce the current. The process of electromagnetic induction works in reverse as well, so that a moving electrical charge generates a magnetic field. In fact, a traditional magnetis the result of the individual motion of the electrons within the individual atoms of the magnet, aligned so that the generated magnetic field is in a uniform direction. In non-magnetic materials, the electrons move in such a way that the individual magnetic fields point in different directions, so they cancel each other out and the net where the ∇× notation is known as the curl operation, the E is the electric field (a vector quantity) and B is the magnetic field (also a vector quantity). The symbols ∂ represent the partial differentials, so the right-hand of the equation is the negative partial differential of the magnetic field with respect to time. Both E and B are changing in terms of time t, and since they are moving the position of the fields are also changing. Jones, Andrew Zimmerman. "How Electromagnetic Induction Creates Current." ThoughtCo, Aug. 27, 2020, thoughtco.com/electromagnetic-induction-2699202. Jones, Andrew Zimmerman. (2020, August 27). How Electromagnetic Induction Creates ...

Electromagnetic induction (& Faraday's experiments) (video)

According to me it does glow immediately and the reason is that it is not something that reaches the bulb, they are electrons scattered in the whole wire as well as the bulb's filament, etc. so whenever you turn on turn on the switch, the electrons start flowing and as they are in the whole circuit, it does not take any time. It is like a pipe full of water and when you start water supply, the water already in the pipe starts getting out immediately. So does the bulb light up when there's a changing magnetic field because: a moving electromagnetic field will exert a force on the free electrons of a wire to move; moving electrons is the definition of current; thus the bulb lights up. The force applied depends on the direction of the changing magnetic field, thus changing the way current flows. - [Instructor] So far the only way we know of producing an electric current is by using a battery, which is made of chemicals. And this is fine if you are dealing with small circuits, like in your toys or in your clocks or maybe your mobile phones. But what if you want to distribute electricity on a large scale? Let's say you want to distribute electricity to millions of houses around the world. Do you build large batteries? Imagine the amount of chemicals. What a mess! So I guess the big question we want to explore now is can we somehow create electric current without using any batteries, without any chemicals? Is it possible? Well, let's find out. We have already seen that if you pa...