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52 results for "Electric Currents"
Image Current
An image current is created in a ferromagnetic material in the presence of a real current.
What It Shows:
The demonstration is a realization of problem 5.17 in J.D. Jackson's Classical Electrodynamics, 3rd ed, (John Wiley & Sons, 1999) p.229. To paraphrase...
Faraday's Law
A bar magnet or other source of magnetic field induces a current in a coil of wire when the magnetic flux through the coil changes.
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What It Shows
An electric current in one conductor can induce a current in a separate conductor. The inducing current must...
Electric Force on Neutral Object
A neutral conductor (or dielectric) experiences a torque, but no net force, when placed in a uniform electric field. It does experience a net force in a non-uniform field.
What it shows:
When an electrically neutral object is suspended in a uniform electric...
Electricity and Magnetism
Oersted's Experiment
What it shows:
Oersted showed that an electric current produces a magnetic field. His experiment is repeated here on a suitable grand scale.
How it works:
The current carrying wire in this case is a tubular 22mm diameter copper pipe of dimensions shown in fi...
Lead Acid Battery
Homemade chemistry-lab style battery in a beaker.
This is actually just show and tell, lead plate and lead/lead oxide plate in a battery jar.
Use a gel cell battery to show electrical current at an integer multiple of the cell voltage between lead and lead...
Conductivity of Glass
Insulating glass becomes a conductor of electricity when heated red-hot with a blowtorch. (m) (T+)
What it Shows
At room temerature, glass is almost as good an insulator as hard rubber. When heated to 1000 K, however, glass has a resistivity of less than 10...
Can Crusher - Magnetic Implosion
An empty aluminum soft drink can, placed inside a coil of wire, is made to implode when a capacitor is discharged through the coil.
What It Shows:
A dramatic demonstration of Faraday induction and of the repulsion of oppositely directed electric currents...
Magnetic Levitation
What it shows:
A magnet tethered over a spinning aluminum disc levitates due to induced currents in the disc.
How it works:
As the disc spins, electrical currents are induced in the aluminum as it moves with respect to the magnet. These induced currents...
RL Time Constant
What it shows:
The growth and decay of current in an RL circuit with a time constant visible in real time.
How it works:
By choosing the values of resistance and inductance, a time constant can be selected with a value in seconds. The time constant τ is...
Hall Effect
What it shows:
When a magnetic field is applied perpendicular to a conductor carrying current, a potential difference is observed between points on opposite sides of the conductor. This happens because the magnetic field deflects the moving electrons...