Magnetic Fields Flashcards

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What is a magnetic field?

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A region in which a force will act on magnetic materials or induced magnets

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What are field lines?

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  • A way of representing a force field
  • Called flux lines in a magnetic field
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Which way do field lines travel for bar magnets?

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From north to south

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Describe the diagram for two north magnets facing each other

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  • Lines curving away from each other
  • Arrows pointing outward
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What happens when a current flows through a wire?

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  • A magnetic field is induced around the wire
  • The field lines are concentric circles centred around the wire
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How is the direction of the magnetic field induced by a wire identified?

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By using the right hand rule

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What happens when a current carrying wire is put into a external magnetic field?

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  • The field from the wire and magnets combine, causing a resultant field.
  • Where the field is stronger, the lines are closer together
  • These bunched up lines cause a resulting force on the wire, perpendicular to the direction of the magnetic field
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How is the direction of the force identified?

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  • Fleming’s left hand rule
  • Upward: Force
  • Forward: External magnetic field
  • Right: Current (Positive to negative)
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9
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Define magnetic flux density

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The force on one metre of wire carrying a current of one amp, perpendicular to the magnetic field

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10
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Derive the equation for the circular path of particles

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  • F = mv²/r = BQv
  • mv²/r = BQv
  • mv = BQr
  • r = mv/BQ
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State the equation, which includes v, for the frequency of an object in circular motion

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f = v/2πr

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Derive State the equation for frequency of rotation in terms of B, Q and m.

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  • f = v/2πr and r = mv/BQ
  • f = v/2π(mv/BQ)
  • f = 1/2π(m/BQ)
  • f = BQ/2πm
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State one application of circular motion of particles

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Particle accelerators, i.e cyclotrons

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Describe how a cyclotron works

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  • Charged particles are produced and fired into one of the two hollow semicircle electrodes with a uniform magnetic field
  • The uniform magnetic field is applied perpendicular to the plane of the electrodes which have an alternating p.d between them
  • Charged particles are accelerated in a circular path by an applied p.d in the electrodes
  • As particles speeds up, path radius is bigger until it exits the cyclotron at high speed
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Define magnetic flux

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The number of field lines passing through an area, in Webers

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16
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How is an electromotive force induced?

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When there’s relative motion between a conducting rod and a magnetic field

17
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Define electromotive force

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  • Energy transferred from chemical energy to electrical energy in a power supply
  • Electrical energy per unit charge
18
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State Faraday’s Law

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Induced e.m.f is directly proportional to rate of change of flux linkage

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State Lenz’s Law

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The induced e.m.f is always in such a direction as to oppose the change that caused it

20
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What do generators do?

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  • Convert kinetic energy into electric energy
  • They induce an electric current by rotating a coil in a magnetic field
21
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State the equation for average power

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Average power = I(rms) x V(rms)

22
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What is the value for UK mains electric supply?

23
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What is a transformer?

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Devices which make use of electromagnetic induction to change the size of the voltage for an alternating current

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Describe how a transformer works

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  • An alternating current flowing in the primary coil causes the core to magnetise, demagnetise and re-magnetise continuously in opposite directions
  • This produces a rapidly changing magnetic flux across the core which is why a magnetically soft material is needed(iron or special alloy)
  • Rapidly changing flux in iron core passes through secondary coil
  • This induces an alternating voltage of the same frequency
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State the 2 types of transformers and their roles
- Step up transformers: Increase the voltage by having more turns on the secondary coil than primary coil - Step down transformers: Decrease the voltage by having more turns on the primary coil than secondary coil
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State the factors which cause a transformer to have a decrease in efficiency
- Eddy currents - Heat by resistance in the coils - Heat by magnetising and demagnetising the core - Magnetic flux loss over distance
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What are eddy currents?
Looping currents induced by the changing magnetic flux in the core
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How do eddy currents decrease efficiency in a transformer?
- The rapidly changing flux cuts the metallic core, inducing an e.m.f - This e.m.f induces looping currents in the core - The currents create a magnetic field which opposes the field which induced them, reducing field strength - They also dissipate energy by generating heat
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How can a transformer be adapted to reduce the effect of eddy currents?
By having layers of the core separated out by a thin insulator, so a current can't flow (laminating the core)
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How can a transformer be adapted to reduce energy lost by heat as resistance in the coils?
Use wires with low resistance, such as thick copper wire which has a low resistivity and a larger diameter meaning smaller resistance
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How can a transformer be adapted to reduce the energy lost as heat by magnetising and demagnetise the core?
By using a magnetically soft material which magnetises and demagnetises easily, such as iron
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How can a transformer be adapted to reduce the magnetic loss from the primary coil to the secondary coil?
By designing the core so that the coils are as close as possible
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For the national grid, state the equation for the power losses due to resistance of the cables
P = I²R
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Define Terminal Potential Difference
- Energy transferred from electrical energy to another type - Work done per unit charge