Hello it's a me again Drifter Programming! Today we continue with Electromagnetism to get into Electromagnetic Induction and also Faraday's law. I'm back from Vacation and so back again into writing science related articles :) The previous week was wonderful! I needed this pause of "thinking" so badly...So, without further do, let's get finally started with today's topic!
In Definition, Electromagnetic Induction is the production of voltage or electromotive force due to a changing magnetic field. It's the process of generating current with a magnetic field and only occurs when the magnetic field and electric condcutor have a relative motion to one another. It was discovered by Michael Faraday in the 1830s and his law is still used in many electrical applications today (we will get into this law later on during this article...). The two most important devices that depend on electromagnetic induction are: electric generators and electric transformers, which play critical roles in producing and regulating electric current in our daily lives.
Electromagnetic induction is generated in two ways:
- When a electric conductor is kept in a moving magnetic field AND
- When a electric conductor is constantly moving within a static magnetic field
You can clearly see that motion is of great importance. The whole phenomenon is independent of which of the two is moving. The conductor and magnetic field just need to have a relative velocity/motion to each other. Faraday discovered this phenomenon by moving a bar magnet through an electric coil. He noticed a voltage chage in the circuit and deduced the factors that influenced the electromagnetic induction.
The factors that this electromagnetic induction depended on where:
- number of coils
- strength of the magnet
- the changing magnetic field
- the speed of the relative motion between the coil & magnet
The procedure that I described and that Faraday used is of course an experiment. It's one of the experiments with which we can study/test electromagnetic induction.
Coil of wire
Let's consider a coil of wire connected to a galvanometer. When the magnet is stationary the meter is showing no current. When moving the magnet either towards or away from the coil the meter of course shows current, which is of course caused by electromagnetic induction.
Solenoid with D.C supply
By replacing the magnet with a solenoid connected to a D.C power supply current flows through the solenoid. As we know from the previous posts, such a solenoid is a magnetic field source/generator. When keeping te solenoid stanionary there is no current in the coil of wire. There is current only when the solenoid and coil of wire are moving relative to each other, which causes electromagnetic induction.
Circuit of before with switch
By introducing a switch into the circuit of before and by also keeping both the solenoid and coil of wire stationary relative to each other. There is induced current in the coil of wire only when the switch is turned on and off, which means that the current in the solenoid is changing (changing magnetic field).
In all those experiments common element is the changing magnetic flux. From all that we can see that induced current is produced by changing magnetic fields, which have changing magnetic flux.
The following link describes an experiment that you can try at home:
As we described till now there is a relationship between the electrical voltage and changing magnetic field. Michael Faraday stated:
"That a voltage is induced in a circuit whenever relative motion exists between a conductor and a magnetic field and that the magnitude of this voltage is proportional to the rate of change of the flux”
We previously already noted the factors that determine the induced voltage. Let's get into each one more in-depth now:
- When increasing the number of coils we also increase the induced voltage (proportional) by the same amount
- When increasing the relative speed/motion between the coil and magnet we also increase the induced emf produced (proportional) by the same amount
- When increasing the strength of the magnetic field we also increase the induced voltage (proportional)
The equation is described like this:
- N is the number of coils
- Φ is the magnetic flux
- The voltage is noted as ε or Emf from the term "ElectroMotive Force"
Magnetic flux was defined as:
- B is the magnetic field strength
- A the area
- φ the angle between the magnetic field lines and normal vector of the surface
When having a uniform magnetic field and "simple" surface we have:
More things about Electromotive force will come next time...
Mathematical equations that I had in this post where drawn using quicklatex!
Previous posts about Electromagnetism
Getting into Electromagnetism -> electromagnetim, electric charge, conductors, insulators, quantization
Coulomb's law with examples -> Coulomb's law, superposition principle, Coulomb constant, how to solve problems, examples
Electric fields and field lines -> Electric fields, Solving problems around Electric fields and field lines
Electric dipoles -> Electric dipole, torque, potential and field
Electric charge and field Exercises -> examples in electric charges and fields
Electric flux and Gauss's law -> Electric flux, Gauss's law
Applications of Gauss's law (part 1) -> applying Gauss's law, Gauss applications
Applications of Gauss's law (part 2) -> more Gauss applications
Electric flux exercises -> examples in electric flux and Gauss's law
Electric potential energy -> explanation of work-energy, electric potential energy
Calculating electric potentials -> more stuff about potential energy, potential, calculating potentials
Equipotential surfaces and potential gradient -> Equipotential surface, potential gradient
Millikan's Oil Drop Experiment -> Millikan's experiment, electronvolt
Cathode ray tubes explained using electric potential -> cathode ray tube explanation
Electric potential exercises (part 1) -> applications of potential
Electric potential exercises (part 2) -> applications of potential gradient, advanced examples
Capacitors (Condensers) and Capacitance -> Capacitors, capacitance, calculating capacitance
How to solve problems around Capacitors -> combination, solving problems, simple example
Electric field energy and density -> Electric field energy, energy density
Dielectric materials -> Dielectrics, dielectric constant, permittivity and strength, how to solve problems
Electric capacitance exercises -> examples in capacitance, energy density and dielectrics
Current, resistance and EMF:
Electric current -> Electric current, current density
Electrical resistivity and conductivity -> Electrical resistivity, conductivity, thermal coefficient of resistivity, hyperconductivity
Electric resistance -> Resistance, temperature, resistors
Electromotive Force (EMF) and Internal resistance -> Electromotive force, internal resistance
Power and Wattage of Electronic Circuits -> Power in general, power/wattage of electronic circuits
Electric current, resistance and emf exercises -> exampes in all those topics
Direct current (DC) circuits:
Resistor Combinations -> Resistor combinations, how to solve problems
Kirchhoff's laws with applications -> Kirchhoff's laws, how to solve problems, applications
Electrical measuring instruments -> what are they?, types list, getting into some of them, an application
Electronic circuits with resistors and capacitors (R-C) -> R-C Circuit, charging, time constant, discharging, how to apply
RC circuit exercises -> examples in Kirchhoff, charging, discharging capacitor with/without internal resistance
Magnetic field and forces:
Magnetic fields -> Magnetism, Magnetic field
Magnetic field lines and Gauss's law of Magnetism -> magnetic field lines, mono- and dipoles, Flux, Gauss's law of magnetism
The motion of charged particles inside of a magnetic field -> straight-line, spiral and helical particle motion
Applications of charged particle motion -> CERN, Cyclotrons, Synchrotrons, Cavity Magetron, Mass Spectrometry and Magnetic lens
Magnetic force applied on Current-Carrying Conductors -> magnetic force on current-carrying conductors/wires, proofs
Magnetic force and torque applied on current loops (circuits) -> magnetic force on current loops, magnetic moment and torque
Explaining the Physics behind Electromotors -> tesla, history and explaining the physics behind them
Magnetic field exercises -> examples in magnetic force, magnetic flux, particle motion and forces/torque on current-carrying conductors
Magnetic field sources:
Magnetic field of a moving charged particle -> moving charge, magnetic field, force between parallel charged particles
Magnetic field of current-carrying conductors -> magnetic field of current, Biot-Savart law
Force between parallel conductors and the magnetic field of a current loop-> force between parallel conductors, magnetic field of current loop
Ampere's law and Applications -> Ampere's law, applications
Magnetic materials -> Magnetic materials, classification and types, material examples
Displacement current -> Displacement current, Extension of Ampere's law
Exercises in Magnetic field sources -> examples all around magnetic field sources
And this is actually it for today's post!
Next time in Physics we will get into Motional Electromotive Force...