Lab 8: Faraday’s Law

Alexandra Renfro
Date Performed: 22 July 2018 at 5:00 pm
PHY 112-C01

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 Pre-Lab Questions
1. Analyze Graph 1 and rank the change in magnetic flux during Times A, B, C, D, and E

from least to greatest. Use an equal sign to designate equal magnetic fluxes. Magnetic

flux is given by dB/dt, which is the same as the slope of the below graph. A and B have

the same positive slope, C and E both have a slope of zero and D has a negative slope.
D<C=E<A=B

Graph 1: A magnetic field over time.

2. A MRI technician neglected to remove a metal bracelet from a patient. The bracelet is

7.0 cm in diameter. If the magnetic field is oriented from the patient’s foot to head, the

area of the bracelet will be perpendicular to the magnetic field. During the scan, the

magnetic field increases from 0 T to 1 T in 1.5 seconds. What is the magnitude of the

induced emf in the bracelet? Show your work.

Area enclosed by bracelet: pi*72*10-4/4 m2 = 3.85*10-3 m2

Induced Emf: |-do/dt|= (3.85*10-3)(1-0)/1.5 V

Magnitude of induced Emf= 2.56 *10-3 V

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 3. A wire loop is being pulled out of a uniform magnetic field directed into the page at

constant speed, v (Figure 5). Draw the direction of the force on the wire due to the

magnetic field if the current in the loop is going in the clockwise direction. Net force to

left

F1
D A

C B

F1

4. Figure 6 shows a conductor moving in a uniform magnetic field. Show that when the

conductor moves in the magnetic field, the magnetic force induces an electric field in the

conductor by drawing what occurs inside of the conductor. Explain your drawing. When

the conductor moves perpendicular to the magnetic field the electrons will have a force

given by fm=-e(v*B). The right hand rule tells us the direction of the force is downward

towards the lower end. Therefore, the electrons begin to accumulate in the lower end

and the upper end now has a positive charge. B́

B́

v́

Figure 6: A conductor (light blue rectangle) moving through a magnetic field (gray X’s).

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 Experiment 1: Faraday’s Law
Data Tables
Table 1: Speed of Magnet vs. Current when Motion is Away from Coil

Speed of Motion of Magnet (qualitative) Maximum Current Reading (μA)

Slow .2
Medium .5
Fast .7

Prediction: I think the values will just be the negative of the values found in table one.

Table 2: Speed of Magnet vs. Current when Motion is Toward Coil

Speed of Motion of Magnet (qualitative) Maximum Current Reading (μA)

Slow -.1
Medium -.2
Fast -.4

Prediction: I think more magnets will give a higher reading

Table 3: Number of Magnets vs. Current when Motion is Away from Coil

Number of Magnets Maximum Current Reading (µA)

1 .1
2 .2
3 .3
4 .5

Post-Lab Questions
1. Explain the rationale you used to construct your predictions in Tables 2 and 3. Did your

predictions match your results? For Table 2 my prediction was based on F=qVB and

F=ILB and if velocity is the same magnitude but in the opposite direction, I assumed the

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 reading would follow this, my results supported this. For table 3, since we know F=qVB, I

believed adding more magnets would increase the magnetic field strength thus

increasing the reading. My data also supports this

2. Do your results support Faraday’s Law? Use your results to explain your answer. My

data does support Faraday’s Law because as velocity went in the opposite direction, so

did the readings and as velocity increased so did the readings (in their perspective

directions). Also, increasing the magnetic field increased the values.

3. What do you predict will happen to the maximum current if you used the same magnet,

moving at the same speed, but increased the radius of the loop? I think the maximum

current will be the same because you aren’t changing any of the values in Faraday’s

Law.

4. What do you predict will happen if you used the same magnet, moving at the same

speed, but through a coil with less loops? The amplitude would decrease.

5. Estimate the change in flux for one of your results in Table 1.

R= ρL/ A
15 loops=90cm/d d= 6 cm -> r=3cm or .03 m -> A=pi(.03)2
IρL/pi (.032)
I=.2uA: ((.2*10-6)*(1.68*10-8)*(.9)/(pi*(.032)

Note: Resistance of a wire is equal to ρL/ A and the resistivity of copper is 1.68 x

10-8 Ωm.

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