PHY 150/NY

TUTORIAL 7
INDUCTANCE

1. A square loop of wire 10 cm on a side is in a 1.25 T magnetic field B. What are the
maximum and minimum values of flux that can pass through the loop?
[ 0.0125 Wb, 0 Wb ]

2. A uniform magnetic field of magnitude 0.5 T is directed perpendicular to the plane of a

circular loop of radius 0.25 m. What is the magnitude of the magnetic flux through the
loop?
[ 0.098 Wb ]

3. A 15 cm diameter circular loop of wire is placed in a 0.50 magnetic field. Determine the
magnetic flux when:
a) The plane of the loop is perpendicular to the field lines.
b) The plane of the loop is rotated until it makes a 35° angle with the field lines.

[ 8.84 × 10-3 Wb, 7.24 × 10-3 Wb ]

4. A square loop of wire of side l = 5.0 cm is in a uniform magnetic field B = 0.16 T. What is
the magnetic flux in the loop.
a) When B is perpendicular to the face of the loop.
b) When B is at an angle of 30° to the area A of the loop?
c) What is the magnitude of the average current in the loop if it has a resistance of
0.012 Ω and it is rotated from position (a) to position (b) in 0.14 s?

[4 × 10-4 Wb, 3.46 × 10-4 Wb, 0.03 A ]

5. A coil of 100 turns and area 0.04 m2 is perpendicular to a magnetic field of 2.4 T. If the
field charges to 1.2 T in 0.04 s, calculate:
a) The initial and the final magnetic flux linked with the coil.
b) The induced emf of the coil.
[ 0.096 Wb & 0.048 Wb, 120 V ]

6. A square coil of sides 18 cm has 200 turns. The total resistance of the coil is 2 Ω. A
uniform magnetic field is applied perpendicular to the plane of the coil. If the fields
change linearly form 0.5 Wb.m-2 to 1.0 Wb.m-2 in 0.8 s
a) Calculate the magnitude of the induced emf in the coil.
b) What is the magnitude of the induced current in the coil?
[ -4.05 V, - 2.025 A ]

7. A magnetic flux of 45µ Wb passes perpendicularly through a loop of wire of area,

0.78 m2. What is the magnetic flux density?
[ 5.77 × 10-5 T ]

8. State Faraday’s Law of Induction.

[ The e.m.f induced in a circuit is equal to the rate of change of magnetic field
through the circuit. ]

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9. A circular loop in the plane of paper is placed in a magnetic field of 0.50 T directed into
the paper. If the diameter of the loop changes from 15 cm to 10 cm in 5 s, determine the
magnitude of:
a) e.m.f
b) Induced current if the resistance of the wire is 3 Ω.
[ 9.85 × 10-4 V, 3.28 × 10-4 A ]

10. A 50 loops coil of radius 7.5 mm is placed in a magnetic field of 0.3 T, so that the
maximum flux goes through it. Later, it is rotated in 0.02 s to a position such that no flux
goes through it.
a) What is the average e.m.f induced in the coil?
b) If the resistance of the wire is 5.0 Ω, what is the magnitude of the induced current?

[ 0.133 V, 0.03 A ]

11. In Penang, the vertical component of the Earth’s magnetic field is 40 µT. If the area of a
village is 2.6 × 106 m2, how much flux passes through it?
[ 104 Wb ]

12. A wire of length 15 cm is moved downwards at a speed of 3 cms-1 cutting perpendicularly

through a horizontal magnetic field of 2.5 T. What is the e.m.f induced in the wire?

[ 11.25 × 10-3 V ]

13. Suppose the length in figure above is 0.10 m, the velocity z is 2.5 m/s, the total resistance
of the loop is 0.030 Ω and B is 0.60 T. Calculate
a) the induced emf
b) the induced current
c) the force acting on the rod
d) the power dissipated in the loop

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[ 0.15 V , 5 A , 0.30 N , 0.75 Watt ]

14. If the current in a 230 mH coil changes steadily from 20.0 mA to 28.0 mA in 140 × 10 -3 s,
what is the induced emf?
[ -1.31 × 10-2 V ]

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15. The current in a coil of wire is initially zero but increases at a constant rate; after 10.0 s it
is 50.0 A. The changing current induces an emf of 45.0 V in the coil. Calculate the self-
inductance of the coil.
[-9H]

16. The primary coil of a solenoid of radius 2.0 cm has 500 turns and length of 24 cm. If the
secondary coil with 80 turns surrounds the primary coil at its center, calculate
a) the mutual inductance of the coils
b) the magnitude of induced e.m.f in secondary coil if the current in primary coil changes
at the rate 4.8 As-1.
[ 2.63 × 10-4 H, - 1.26 × 10-3 V ]

17. Suppose you wish to make a solenoid whose self-inductance is 1.4 mH. The inductor is to
have a cross-sectional area of 1.2 × 10-3 m2 and a length of 0.052 m. How many turns of
wire needed?
[ 219.72 turns ]

18. An a.c. generator consists of a rectangular coil of 50 turns of dimensions 24 cm × 12 cm in

a magnetic field of 1.5 T. The coil is rotated at a constant speed of 200 rotations per
minute. What is the maximum voltage generated by this generator?
[ 45.23 V ]

19. A 20 turn’s circular coil of radius 3.0 cm has a resistance of 5.0 Ω. It is placed
perpendicular to a magnetic flux density of 3.0 × 10-3 T. If the magnetic flux density is
reduced steadily to zero in 2.5 ms, calculate the induced current in the coil.
[ 0.014 A ]

20. A single loop of wire with an area of 0.09 m2 is in a region of increasing magnetic field.
The field is perpendicular to the plane of the loop. The magnetic field is increasing at a
constant rate of 0.19 Ts-1. If the loop has a resistance of 0.3 Ω, what is the current induced
in the loop?
[ 0.057 A ]

21. A coil of 1000 turns enclosing an area of 20 cm2 is rotated from a position where its plane
is perpendicular to the earth’s magnetic field to one where its plane is parallel to the field,
in 0.02 s. What average e.m.f is induced if the earth’s magnetic field is 6 × 10-5 T?
[ 6 × 10-3 V ]

22. The magnetic flux that passes through a 12 turn coil wire changes from 9.0 Wb to 4.0 Wb
in 0.050 s. The induced current in the coil is 230 A. What is the resistance of the wire?
[ 5.22 Ω ]

23. A long solenoid with a radius of 30 mm has 200 turns per cm. A single loop of wire of
radius 4.0 cm is placed around the solenoid, the axes of the loop and the solenoid
coinciding. The current in the solenoid is reduced from 2.0 A to 1.0 A at a uniform rate
over a time interval of 15 ms. Calculate the induced e.m.f in the loop.
[ 8.44 × 10-3 V ]

24. A coil of 100 turns and area 0.04 m2 is perpendicular to a magnetic field of 2.4 T. If the
field changes to 1.2 T in 0.04 s, what e.m.f is induced in the coil?
[ 120 V ]

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25. An elastic circular loop in the plane of paper is placed in a 0.35 T magnetic field directed
into the paper. If the diameter of loop changes 18 cm to 8 cm in 1.2 s, calculate the
a) Magnitude of the e.m.f
b) Induced current if resistance of loop is 3 Ω.
[ 5.96 × 10-3 V, 1.99 × 10-3 A ]

26. A 0.5 m conductor is sliding to the right with a velocity of 5 ms-1 on a u-shape steel frame
in a 0.05 T magnetic field area as shown in Figure 2.

0.5 m 5 ms -1

Figure 2

a) Calculate the induced e.m.f generated across the conductor.

b) Calculate the induced current. Steel resistance is 20 Ω.
c) Explain about the motion of the conductor using Lenz Law so that the conductor will be
moving with a constant velocity of 5 ms-1.

[ 0.125 V , 6.25 × 10-3 A , The induced current will produce another magnetic force to
oppose the initial motion of conductor. ]

27. State Lenz Law.

[ The direction of the induced current will be such as to oppose the change in the
magnetic flux that causes it. ]

28. Explain with the help of a diagram how transformer works.

[ Diagram: When the fluctuating electric current flows through the primary coil, it
generates a magnetic field around it. The changing magnetic field induces current in
the secondary coil. ]

29. A step-up transformer increases the input voltage from 240 V to 3000 V. If the current in
the primary is 13 A, calculate
a) The current in the secondary coil if the transformer is 60 % efficient.
b) The number of turns in the secondary coil if the primary coil has 200 turns.
[ 0.624 A , 2500 ]

30. Name the working principle used in a transformer.

[ Electromagnetic Induction ]

31. A step-down transformer is required to transform 240 V a.c. to 12 V a.c. for a model
railway. If the primary coil has 1000 turns, how many turns should the secondary have?

[ 50 turns ]

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32. A power line supplies electrical energy to a transformer in a factory. The input voltage to
the transformer is 11 000 V. The transformer changes this to 415 V for use in the factory.
The power input is 800 kW. Assuming the transformer is 100 % efficient; calculate the
current in the secondary coil of the transformer.
[ 1927.78 A ]

33. An a.c. voltage of 6 V is stepped up to 24 V using a transformer. The output is connected

to a resistor of 16 Ω in a complete circuit. The efficiency of the transformer is 80 %.
Calculate the:
a) Current in the secondary coil.
b) Output power.
c) Input power.
d) Current in the primary coil.
[ 1.5 A , 36 W , 45 W , 7.5 A ]

34. Describe two ways to increase the magnitude of induced e.m.f in a coil.

[ use a stronger magnet & increase the no. of turns in a coil ]

35. What is the function of a step-up transformer and a step-down transformer?

[ Step-up transformer : to increase the e.m.f of an a.c , Step-down transformer : to

decrease the e.m.f of an a.c ]

36. A transformer has 100 turns in its primary winding and 500 turns in its secondary winding.
If the primary voltage is 120 V, what is the secondary voltage?
[ 600 V ]