interlude: the hardest part of this course faraday’s law we will do this twice, today and in about...
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Interlude: The Hardest Part of this Course
Faraday’s Law
We will do this twice, today and in about a month
(discovered Aug 29,1831)
Today’s Objectives
Introduce key concepts from electricity and magnetism through discovery activities, experiments, concept questions, discussion, and visualizations.
Later in the course, we will return to the same concepts.
Today we are just going to have some fun.
What we are trying to get a feel for:
You Tube Link: http://youtu.be/YywaJkGKOaY
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Concept Question: Loop in Uniform Field
While a rectangular wire loop is pulled upward though a uniform magnetic field B field penetrating its bottom half, as shown, there is
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1. a current in the loop.2. no current in the loop.3. I do not understand the concepts of current and
magnetic field.4. I understand the concepts of current and magnetic field
but am not sure of the answer.
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Demo: aluminum sleeve moving past fixed magnet, students do
this at their tables
Demo: we show the demo of magnet falling through plastic
tube and aluminum tube
Seeing the Unseen:
Faraday’s Law AppletApplet -- Faraday’s law applet (with a magnet and a coil):http://web.mit.edu/viz/EM/visualizations/faraday/faradaysLaw/faradayapp/faradayapp.htm
Play with the application until you are familiar with all the features. In the Actions Menu: try both Manual and Generator Mode. You can use the buttons at the bottom to start, pause and reset the simulation. You can move the magnet and the ring back and forth using the mouse. Let each person in the group have a turn.
Seeing the Unseen: First Concept Flow
Group Discussion Question
What are some examples of flow of “something” through an area?
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Examples of FlowElectric Current: Flow Of Charge
Electric Current I: Charge ΔQ flowing across area A in time Δt
I
ΔQ
Δt
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Magnetic Field of Bar Magnet
(1) A magnet has two poles, North (N) and South (S)(2) Magnetic field lines leave from N, end at S
Seeing the Unseen:
Magnetic Field
Run the Applet on generator mode and stop the magnet when it is near the ring
Scroll down on the panel on the right and click on Magnetic Field: Iron Filings
Seeing the Magnetic Field: Iron Filings
The iron filings represent the magnetic field present at the instant you stopped the magnet . The direction of the magnetic field is along the direction of the iron filings. Does the magnetic field intercept the area of the circular wire?
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Magnetic Flux Thru Wire Loop
BB A
Flux is the Generalization of Flow
Product of magnetic field and area
Discussion Question: Magnetic Flux in Ring
The first graph on the right in the Applet shows a plots of the external magnetic flux and total magnetic flux in the ring versus time. Briefly describe where the “external flux” (red plot) is coming from: that is, what kind of flux is this, what creates it, over what area is the flux being measured.
More Discussion Questions About Magnetic Flux
1. Describe different ways that you can change the external flux
2. Explain how the total magnetic flux (blue plot)
is related to the external magnetic flux (red plot).
Current in Ring
The second graph on the right in the Applet shows a plot of the current in the ring versus time.
Proposing a Hypothesis
Propose a qualitative relationship between magnetic flux (seen in top graph) and current that flows in the ring (seen in bottom graph).
Testing Hypotheses
Groups utilizing the application came up with the following hypotheses.
1.Group A conjectured that the current through the ring is proportional to the total magnetic flux.
1.Group B proposed that the current through the ring is proportional to the change in the total magnetic flux.
Use the application to test these two hypotheses. Design and run a virtual experiment that could rule out any of the hypotheses. Which did you rule out and why?
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Electromotive Force
Electromotive force looks like a voltage difference. It’s a “driving force” for induced current
IR
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Faraday’s Law of Induction
:
dB
dt
d(BA)
dt
dB
dtA
Changing magnetic flux is proportional to electromotive force
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Demonstration: Induction
At this point, students again move the coil of wire in their
experiment just to observe the current
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Concept Question: Loop in Uniform Field
While a rectangular wire loop is pulled upward though a uniform magnetic field B field penetrating its bottom half, as shown, there is
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1. a current in the loop.2. no current in the loop.3. I do not understand the concepts of current and
magnetic field.4. I understand the concepts of current and magnetic field
but am not sure of the answer.
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Concept Question Answer: Loop in Uniform Field
Answer: 1. The motion changes the magnetic flux through the loop. The magnetic flux is decreasing in time as more of the loop enters a region of zero magnetic field. According to Faraday’s Law there is an induced current through the loop.
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Concept Question: Loop in Uniform Field
While a rectangular wire loop is pulled sideways though a uniform magnetic field B field penetrating its bottom half, as shown, there is
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1. a current in the loop.2. no current in the loop.3. I do not understand the concepts of current and
magnetic field.4. I understand the concepts of current and magnetic field
but am not sure of the answer.
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Concept Question Answer: Loop in Uniform Field
Answer: 2. The motion does not change the magnetic flux through the loop. The magnetic flux is constant in time. According to Faraday’s Law there is no induced current through the loop.
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Concept Test: Induced CurrentWe define positive current clockwise as viewed from the top. As the coil moves from well below the magnet to well above that magnet, the induced current through the coil will look like:
(1) (2)
(3) (4) (5) I don’t know
Try to answer this question using your experimental set-up
Discussion Question: Induced Current
Run the Applet and observe the relation between the sign of current and the slope of the plot of magnetic flux. What do you observe?
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Minus Sign? Lenz’s Law
Induced EMF is in direction that opposes the change in flux that caused it
dB
dt
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Conclusion: Faraday’s Law of Induction
dB
dt
Changing magnetic flux generates electromotive force that opposes that
change in flux