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I. INTRODUCTION / MOTIVATION
In this new age of technology innovation, a lot of
ways have been created in which energy can be converted into
one form to another thus, energy is converted into a more
usable kind of energy according to its demand. An example of
this is producing electrical energy from nuclear technology,
wind mills, and waterfalls due to its strong water current, this
means that electricity can be produced in various ways. A lot
of techniques have been made nowadays to utilize mechanical
energy into an electrical energy. One simple example of a
generator is the bicycle dynamo. The dynamo has wheel that
touches the back tyre. As the bicycle moves, the wheel turns a
magnet inside a coil. This activity induces enough electricity
to run the bicycle's lights. Increasing the speed of the bicycle,
produces greater induced current, which means that this makes
the lights brighter.
This experiment makes use of a magnetic wire,
permanent magnet, LED, and a multimeter in order to induce a
voltage which is the objective of this experiment. Since it is
not practical to generate large amounts of electricity by
passing a magnet in and out of a coil of wire. In real world
applications, generators induce a current by spinning a coil of
wire inside a magnetic field, or by spinning a magnet inside a
II. OBJECTIVES
This experiment aims to:
Hypothesize what will happen and why when a bar magnet
is passed in various ways through coils of wire.
Construct and use a model that demonstrates the actions of
an electricity generator through a coil in which the magnet is
pushed in and out.
Prepare a brief summary of the activity, including a
description of the set-up and what occurred when it was tested.
Draw a conclusion comparing their hypotheses to what was
observed in the activity.
Propose an application
Magnetic Flux
IV. MATERIALS
The materials used in the implementation of this experiment
are the following:
Magnetic Wire of AWG #30
Cylindrical Figure
LED
Magnet
Adhesive
Multimeter
Since this experiment makes use air as its core, we
would only use the cylindrical figure in order to create the coil
and this will serve as your foundation so that the coil won't
break or be loose. It should also be noted that the cylindrical
figure must be hollow and have a diameter that is enough for
your magnet to fit and move freely. In order to determine the
induced voltage produced by the coil, multimeter is being
used. The ends of the coil are connected to the negative and
positive leads of the multimeter in order to measure the
induced voltage. The adhesive is a masking tape in this
experiment, it is used to hold the coil together.
V. METHODOLOGY
To make a coil we first need a solid cylindrical tube in
which is our base and we used the bottom half part of a water
bottle since it has a thin plastic so that it will have little effect
on the magnetic field. We then coiled the copper wire to make
the coil and have both end of the copper wire hanging from
each side so we can connect the LED or connect it with a
voltmeter. We then scraped of the protective covering on each
ends because it has a coating that protects the wire from
oxidation and it will also not allow conduction. Then we
placed the magnet inside the coil and shook it while
connecting each ends with a voltmeter and saw the results on
the multimeter. Since we used a weaker magnet, the results
were a bit small. So we used a stronger magnet and had an
increase in the induced voltages and recorded it on the table.
Acknowledgment
Trials
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
Average:
With each trial the same set-up is being used, the coil
is the same however, the induced voltage reading is not the
same for all trials due to the fact that the speed at which the
magnetic flux is changing isn't constant. This has caused a
change in the gathered data. The average voltage reading for
five set-ups is 169.86.
Conclusion
From the experiment that was conducted, the magnet
when moved in and out of the coil of the wire it will produce
voltage. The induced voltage produced may not be that large
but there is truly voltage produced. Our induced voltage when
we shake the coil with the magnet inside did not give us a
constant voltage because the change in magnetic flux wasnt
contant too. And also the stronger magnet that was used also
matters because when we tried using a magnet with a weak
magnetic field we can just get a maximum voltage of around
30 mV, but when we used a stronger magnet the maximum
voltage that we have obtained was 310.1 mV. Making the wire
coil and passing a magnet in and out the coil really does
produce voltage and from this knowledge we can innovate and
find ways to find alternate voltage sources using
electromagnetic induction.
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