ELECTROMAG

NETISM
•CAN YOU CREATE A
MAGNET USING
ELECTRICITY? HOW?
•CAN YOU CREATE
ELECTRICITY USING A
MAGNET? HOW?
CAN YOU GIVE EXAMPLES OF OBJECTS
WHERE BOTH ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM
ARE PRESENT?

• ELECTRIC MOTORS: MICROWAVE OVENS, DVD PLAYERS,

ELECTRIC CAR
• ELECTRIC GENERATORS: WIND TURBINES, COAL POWER
PLANTS, NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS
• MICROPHONES AND SPEAKERS
• HARD DRIVES
ELECTROMAGNETISM
• THE INTERACTION OF ELECTRIC CURRENTS
OR FIELDS AND MAGNETIC FIELDS.
• A MOVING ELECTRIC FIELD PRODUCES A
MAGNETIC FIELD THAT ROTATES AROUND
IT.
• A MOVING MAGNETIC FIELD PRODUCES AN
ELECTRIC FIELD THAT ROTATES AROUND IT.
RIGHT HAND RULE
• IT IS BASED ON THE UNDERLYING PHYSICS
THAT RELATES MAGNETIC FIELDS AND
THE FORCES THAT THEY EXERT ON
MOVING CHARGES—IT JUST REPRESENTS
AN EASY WAY FOR PHYSICISTS TO
REMEMBER THE DIRECTIONS THAT THINGS
ARE SUPPOSED TO POINT.
• THE STRENGTH OF THE MAGNETIC FIELD IS BASED ON 3
THINGS:
 THE AMOUNT OF CURRENT IN THE WIRE: THE MORE
CURRENT, THE STRONGER THE MAGNETIC FIELD.
THE NUMBER OF TURNS IN THE COIL: THE MORE TURNS,
THE STRONGER THE MAGNETIC FIELD.
THE MATERIAL IN THE COIL.
 HAVING A MAGNETIC MATERIAL SUCH AS IRON OR STEEL AS
THE CORE OF THE COIL WORKS TO MAGNIFY THE EFFECTS OF
THE COIL, THUS CREATING A STRONGER MAGNETIC FIELD.
HAVING NOTHING IN THE COIL WILL STILL PRODUCE A
MAGNETIC FIELD, THOUGH IT WILL BE VERY WEAK.
WHAT ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF WHAT
MATERIALS WOULD BE GOOD FOR
THE CORE OF THE ELECTROMAGNET?

• STEEL, IRON, ANYTHING THAT IS

ATTRACTED TO A COMMON REFRIGERATOR
MAGNET
GIVE SEVERAL EXAMPLES OF
WHERE ELECTROMAGNETS ARE
USED.
MOTORS AND GENERATORS
DOORBELLS
SPEAKERS
HARD DRIVES
AUDIO TAPES TELEPHONES
Direction of F
EXAMPLES
Direction of v Direction of B Sign of Charge

Out of the page East North +

Into the page East North -

Out of the page West South +

Into the page West South -

South West Into the page +

South West Out of the page -

East North Out of the page +

South Out of the page East -

Out of the page South West -

Into the page west North +

Direction of F Direction of v Direction of B Sign of Charge

South 1. Into the page +

2. Into the page East -

North Out of the page 3. +

South 4. Into the page -

East South 5. +

6. Out of the page West -

7. Out of the page North +

Out of the page South 8. -

9. South East -

East 10. North +