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Magnet and Solenoid

 

Magnet and Solenoid demo picture

  • Purpose: Demonstrate that changing magnetic flux induces emf.
  • Push magnet into solenoid and galvanometer needle deflects, indicating induced emf; pull magnet out of solenoid and galvanometer needle deflects the opposite way.

Location

  • Solenoid and magnet:L01, section B2
  • Galvanometer: L35, section F3

 

 

Posted in Electricity and Magnetism, Electromagnetic InductionTagged emf, flux, galvanometer, magnetic flux, magnetism, solenoid

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