Ch4 1/2 Flashcards
Ammeter
Measure Current in a series
Air core transformer
Two coils in proximity facilitating induction
Artificial permanent magnet
Made from Steel alloy. ALNICO, composed aluminum, nickel, and cobalt
Brush
Devise attached to slip rings
Capacitor
Device accumulating and storing electrical charge
Closed core transformer
2 coils filled iron core for induction
Coercivity
Energy causing reorientation of dipoles
Commutator ring
Rings divided in half
Diamagnetic
Materials weakly repelled by magnets
Lead, bismuth, beryllium
Dielectric
Insulation between 2 plates in capacitor
Diode
Rectifying semiconductors p-n junctions
Dynamometer
Measure AC In electro magnets
Electromagnet
Magnet Produced by moving Electric current
Electromagnetic relay
Protect radiographer from shock
Farad
Unit of Capacitance
Ferromagnetic
Highly permeable
Iron,cobalt,nickel
Fleming hand rules
Relationships between electricity and magnetism
Flux density
Field strength arc in which lines of Flux are
Full wave rectification
Conversion of half of incoming electron flow
Galvanometer
Measure DC when magnets r used
Gauss (g)
Unit for measuring flux density
Generator
Mechanical to electrical energy aka dynamo
Half wave rectification
AC converted DC self rectification
Hysteresis loss
Energy expended as AC demagnetizes and re magnetizes Aka LAGGING LOSS
I2 R Loss
Power loss from resistance
Copper loss
Inductive reactance
AC ability 2 switch directions
Lines of flux
Magnetic dipoles oriented to create magnets
Lines of force & magnetic field