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JOHN’S UNIVERSITY
COLLEGE OF PHARMACY & HEALTH SCIENCES
PROGRAM OF RADIOLOGIC SCIENCES

RAD 1114 – RADIATION PHYSICS & EQUIPMENT I

ASSIGNMENT: ELECTROMAGNETISM

Name: ________________________________

1. What can produce a magnetic filed in the conductor?

current

2. The magnitude of induced current or EMF depends on the number of flux linkages
cut per second. Name three ways in which we can increase the magnitude of the
induced EMF:

1. ___speed of conductor__________________________________________

2. __strenth of the magnetic

field___________________________________________

3. __angle of the conductor to the magnetic

field________________________________

3. What rule would one use to determine the electron flow through the conductor
below:

Left hand rule

4. What is the thumb utilized for in the left hand thumb rule?

The thumb indicates the direction of electron flow

5. A coil of wire with an electric current flowing through it is called a:

helix

6. A magnetic field will only exist around a wire while what is flowing through it?

Electric current

7. A coil of wire with an electric current flowing through it and an iron core inserted
into it is known as:

electromagnet

8. When utilizing the left hand thumb rule the index finger points in the direction of:

Magnetic field

9. What is another name for generator?

dynamo

10. A dynamo converts ___mechanical __________________ energy to

___kinetic____________________ energy.