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Table 1. Polarity
Left Center Right
Center coil South South South
Inverted center coil North North North
Side coils South North South
Side coils with inverted left North Neutral South
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III. Proofs
Table Table 1. Polarity
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Img 1.1 Side Coils Img 1.1 Side coils with inverted left
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Center Coil. The magnetic field is concentrated into a uniformly field at the center
resulting for a weak and diverge field outside the solenoid. As in any solenoid, the
magnetic field lines loop around the coil, within the coil and along the length; the field
lines are parallel to the axis of the coil. Therefore, when the coils have current flowing
within, the bars will behave like bar magnets consisting of a north pole on one side and a
south pole on the opposite side. An illustration can be done by moving a bar magnet on a
swivel all around the coil, inside and outside, or the magnetic dip needle. When placing a
magnet near the open area of the coil, causes alignment to itself in a parallel manner to the
coil axis, depending on the coil is in the north or south side.
2. Explain the effect of number of turns and current applied on the magnetic field strength.
How do these parameters cause an increase/decrease in the strength of your electromagnet?
The current or the number of turns in a coil is directly proportional to the strength of
the electromagnet. The power or the intensity of a coil’s magnetic field depends on the
number of turns of wire within the coil and the amount of current running in the coil. An
electromagnet is a temporary magnet and the magnetic field only survives when an electric
current is running through it. With that being said, when the aforementioned parameters are
being increase through increasing the magnitude of the current, the number of windings
and the core material then the electromagnetic strength of the field will also increase. In
increasing the magnitude of the current, there are ways to do so:
and convenient material for electromagnetic experiments, but a silver wire is more
conductive.