Electromagnetism Flashcards

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What is a magnetic field?

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the region around a permanent magnet or a moving charge (an electric current) in which another body with magnetic properties will feel a force

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What do magnetic field lines show?

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  • the shape of the field -the direction of the field line at a point shows the direction in which a plotting compass would point
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What is a solenoid

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a long coil of current-carrying wire

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What does it mean if the field lines are drawn closer together?

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that the field is stronger

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True or false: magnetic field lines have a beginning and end

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False- they have no beginning or end , they always form a closed loop *the direction is from a north pole to a south pole but they do not begin at north and end at the south

*notice how the field lines continue in the solenoid , similarly magnetic field lines continue inside a bar magnet to close the loop

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When is the right hand rule used?

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when an electric current is flowing in a straight conductor

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What is dot and cross notation

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dot and cross notation indicates the direction of the current : a circle with a dot shows the current is coming out of the page and a cross is moving into the page

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What does the north-south polarity of a solenoid depend on?

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it depends on the direction of the current

Using the right-hand rule :

in this case the curling of your fingers indicates the direction of the current flow around the solenoid and , your thumb will point towards the north pole of the magnetic field of the solenoid

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Describe the field inside the solenoid

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the field is strong and very uniform - this is demonstrated by the closely spaced parallel lines

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What would occur if a magnetic material was placed inside a solenoid?

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the magentic field would increase considerably

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Sketch the pattern of magnetic field lines around a solenoid

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inside the solenoid , the field is strongest and very uniform but outside the coil ,the field is similar to the magnetic field produced by a bar magnet

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Sketch the pattern of magnetic field lines around a single coil carrying current

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Sketch the pattern of magnetic field lines around a bar magnet

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Electromagnets can be switched on and off by having an electric current flowing through them. Explain what happens to the magnetic field of a solenoid when the current stops

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the magnetic field is created by moving charges in the wire , so no current means the magnetic field would dissapear

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Define Magnetic flux ø

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its the product of magnetic flux density ,B, and the area at right angles to the flux : ø =BAcos(theta)

where theta is the angle between the field lines and the normal to the surface

*the unit for magnetic flux is Weber (Wb)

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Define magnetic flux density, B

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Its a measure of the strength of a magnetic field and its a vector quantity

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When will the flux be maximum/minimum?

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max when theta = 0º

and zero when theta = 90º

18
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Typical values for a variety of flux densities

19
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Did you know?

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Unlike electric charge, which can exist as isolated positive or negative charges , magnetic poles cannot exist as isolated north or south poles - even if you were to slice a magnet into even smaller and smaller pieces you would always have a north and south pole together

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What does Fleming’s Left hand rule show?

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it shows the direction of the force on a conductor carrying a current in a magnetic field

Force/Motion - thumb

Field - First finger

Current - Second finger

21
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What is 1 tesla equal to?

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Wb/ m² (no. of field lines per unit area)

22
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Fleming’s left-hand rule allows us to determine the direction that a current- carrying wire will move when placed in a uniform magnetic field but how do you find the magnitude of the force (which causes the movement) acting on a current -carrying wire?

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F= BILsintheta

B- magnetic flux density of the magnets magnetic field

I- current flowing in the wire

L- length of wire within the region of the magnet’s magnetic field

-sine of the angle ,theta, between wire and field lines

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When is the force acting on a current carrying wire max?

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when the wire and the field lines are at right angles to eachother →theta = 90º

24
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What occurs if there is a relative motion between a conducting rod and a magnetic field?

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the electrons in the rod will experience a force which causes them to accumulate on one end of the rod

this induces an electromotive force (e.m.f) across the ends of the rod exactly as connecting a battery to it would

*if the rod was part of a complete circuit then an induced current would flow through it

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How do you induce an e.m.f in a flat coil or solenoid?
**moving the coi**l towards or away from the poles of the magnet OR **moving a magnet** towards or away from the coil -in either case, the e.m.f is caused by the **magnetic field** (or **magnetic flux**) that passes through the coil **changing** \*if the coil is part of a **complete circuit**, an **induced** **current** will flow though it
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State Faraday's Law and when can you use it?
the **induced e.m.f** is **proportional** to to the **rate of change of flux linkage** : E = - Nø ÷ t - the equation can be used for a coil or conducting rod - for a conducting rod , think of the flux change as the field lines being 'cut' as the rod moves - the minus sign is Len's law
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State Len's Law
the direction of the induced emf (or current) is always such that it opposes the change that caused it
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What is a transformer?
a device that either increases or decreases the size of an alternating voltage with little loss of power
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What do transformers consist of?
two coils of wire wrapped around an iron core - one of the coils is connected to an alternating voltage supply , this is called the primary coil - the second is connected to the output , this is called the secondary coil
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Transformers operate using electromagnetic induction and so require a constantly changing magnetic flux, what source will then need to function?
an a.c source
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How can you tell a step-up transformer apart from a step-down transformer?
step-up transformers increase the voltage by having more turns on the secondary coil
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Real transformers arent 100% efficient- some power is always lost How can you reduce loses?
use **laminated cores**
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State the transformer equation
Ns/Np = Vs/Vp = Ip/Is