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SECTION 22-1<br />

Demonstration 1<br />

Induced current<br />

Purpose Show students an<br />

example of an induced current.<br />

Materials flashlight bulb in<br />

holder, coil of wire, bar magnet<br />

(two may be required), connecting<br />

wires<br />

Procedure Connect the flashlight<br />

bulb to the coil of wire <strong>with</strong> the<br />

connecting wires. Tell students to<br />

observe the demonstration <strong>with</strong><br />

the intent of explaining the energy<br />

conversions. Move the bar<br />

magnet into <strong>and</strong> out of the coil<br />

several times in rapid succession.<br />

Have students explain the energy<br />

conversions on the board or in<br />

their notebooks. The following<br />

energy conversions should be<br />

discussed: kinetic energy is converted<br />

to electrical energy (moving<br />

magnet generates a current)<br />

<strong>and</strong> electrical energy is converted<br />

to light (the current heats the<br />

light bulb’s filament).<br />

796<br />

In 1996, the space shuttle Columbia<br />

attempted to use a 20.7 km conducting<br />

tether to study Earth’s magnetic<br />

field in space. The plan was to<br />

drag the tether through the magnetic<br />

field, inducing an emf in the<br />

tether. The magnitude of the emf<br />

would directly vary <strong>with</strong> the<br />

strength of the magnetic field.<br />

Unfortunately, the tether broke<br />

before it was fully extended, so the<br />

experiment was ab<strong>and</strong>oned.<br />

Table 22-1 Ways of inducing a current in a circuit<br />

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Chapter 22<br />

Change in the number of magnetic field lines induces a current<br />

So far, you have learned that moving a circuit loop into or out of a magnetic<br />

field can induce an emf <strong>and</strong> a current in the circuit. Changing the size of the<br />

loop or the strength of the magnetic field also will induce an emf in the circuit.<br />

One way to predict whether a current will be induced in a given situation<br />

involves the concept of changes in magnetic field lines. For example, moving<br />

the circuit into the magnetic field causes some lines to move into the loop.<br />

Changing the size of the circuit loop or rotating the loop changes the number<br />

of field lines passing through the loop, as does changing the magnetic field’s<br />

strength. Table 22-1 summarizes these three ways of inducing a current.<br />

CHARACTERISTICS OF INDUCED CURRENT<br />

Suppose a bar magnet is pushed into a coil of wire. As the magnet moves into<br />

the coil, the strength of the magnetic field <strong>with</strong>in the coil increases, <strong>and</strong> a current<br />

is induced in the circuit. This induced current in turn produces its own<br />

magnetic field, whose direction can be found by using the right-h<strong>and</strong> rule. If<br />

you were to apply this rule for several cases, you would notice that the induced<br />

magnetic field direction depends on the change in the applied field.<br />

As the magnet approaches, the magnetic field passing through the coil<br />

increases in strength. The induced current in the coil must be in a direction<br />

that produces a magnetic field that opposes the increasing strength of the<br />

approaching field. The induced magnetic field is therefore in the direction<br />

opposite that of the approaching magnetic field.<br />

Description Before After<br />

Circuit is moved into or out of magnetic<br />

field (either circuit or magnet moving).<br />

Circuit is rotated in the magnetic field<br />

(angle between area of circuit <strong>and</strong><br />

magnetic field changes).<br />

Intensity of magnetic field is varied.<br />

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