Experiment 4: Verification of Faraday’s law of electromagnetic

induction
- Name: Nguyễn Đức Minh Tuấn
- Group: 6
- Class: 723658

1. Experimental purpose:
- Measure voltage across a coil of wire when a bar magnet move through it
- Verification of Faraday’s law

2. Experimental results:
2.1. 1200 turn coil:

R = 12 (Ω) L = 35 (mH)
Pole Voltage Peak 1 Voltage Peak 2
North 0.537 - 0.896
South - 0.498 0.894
North-South - 0.103 0.186
North-North 0.718 - 1.172
South-South - 0.728 1.338

* North:
* South:

* North-South:

* North-North:
* South-South:

2.2. 150 - turn coil:

R = 0.4 (Ω) L = 1 (mH)

Pole Voltage Peak 1 Voltage Peak 2

North 0.068 - 0.137

South - 0.073 0.146

North-South 0.020 - 0.024

North-North 0.093 - 0.186

South-South - 0.088 0.146

* North:
* South:

* North-South:

* North-North:
* South-South:

3.3. Comments and explanations:

3.1. Question 1: How does the voltage of the second peak compare to the first peak?
-The two voltage peaks have opposite sign corresponding to the direction of the magnetic field
line’s rate and direction of change. According to Faraday’s Law, the induced electromotive force
acts in the direction that opposes the change in magnetic flux.
3.2. Question 2: How does the magnitude (amount) of the voltage of the second peak
compare to the magnitude (amount) of the voltage of first? Explain why you think this
happens.
- The magnitude of second voltage peak is greater than that of the first peak. This can be
explained by the motion of the magnet bar. When the magnet is released to fall through the coil,
its motion is free fall. Therefore, the velocity of the bottom pole when it falls through the coil is
larger than that of the top pole. This means the change in magnetic field increases in time, and
according to the Faraday’s Law, this result in the greater magnitude of the second peak.
3.3. Question 3: How does the shape of the voltage versus time graph when the north pole
of magnet is dropped first compare to the overall shape of the graph when the south pole is
dropped first?
- Overall, the shape of voltage versus time when the north pole of the magnet is dropped first is a
mirror image across the X-axis of the shape of voltage versus time when the south pole is
dropped first. An explanation for why the shapes are not ‘perfect’ mirror images is due to a
difference in magnetic field strength of one pole compared to the other.
3.4. Question 4: How does the maximum voltage for the coil with more turns compare to
the maximum voltage for the coil with fewer turns?
- The maximum voltage for the coil with more turns is greater than the maximum voltage for the
coil with fewer turns. Because the magnitude of voltage is proportional to the number of turns in
the coil, as shown in the equation 1:
ΔΦ Δ ( BA )
V induced =−N =−N (1)
Δt Δt