NAME: ERNA P.

GAMPAL SUBJECT: ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM

INSTRUCTOR: SIR. CHRISTIAN GASAN LPT. DATE: MAY 31,2021

Answer the following

Assignment:

Answer the following:

1. When applying the Lenz's Law , what are the two magnetic fields to consider? Elaborate.

Ans.

2. Why there are sparks when circuits are opened? Why isnt there a spark when the switch for the
circuit is closed?

Ans. When you are switching the circuit on, inductor will resist change of current through it and the
current will start to flow starting from 0 and increase exponentially to the final settling value. Now when
you try to switch it off the inductor tries to resist the change in the current from final settling value to 0
so potential appears across it trying to maintain the current . When you are pulling off the switch when
the gap is sufficiently small, this potential causes the spark.

3. A spacecraft orbiting Earth has a coil of wire in it. An astronaut measures a small current in the coil,
although there is no battery connected to it and there are no magnets in the spacecraft. What is
causing the current?

Ans. The earth produces a magnetic field that is similar to a magnetic dipole. The spacecraft orbiting the
earth is traveling through which it travels will produce a small emf in the coil.

4. How is electric energy produced in dams?

Ans. The dam on a river to store water in a reservoir. Water released from the reservoir flows through a
turbine, spinning it, which in turn activates a generator to produce electricity. The power is sent from a
power grid into the electric generators.

5. Wearing a metal bracelet ina region of a strong magnetic field could be hazardous. Discuss this
statement.
Ans. If, for any reason the magnetic field should change rapidly, a large emf could be induced in the
bracelet were not a continous band, this emf would cause high voltage arcs to occur at any gap in the
band. If the bracelet were a continous band the induced emf would produce a large induced current and
result in resistance heating of the bracelet