Physics

investigatory
project
TOPIC- ELECTOMAGNETIC
INDUCTION
 THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT TANMAY RATHI OF CLASS XII-
C,ROLL NO-24 HAS UNDERTAKEN THE PROJECT ENTITLED
“ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION” UNDER THE GUIDANCE
CERTIFICATE OF MRS MANU SHARMA. THE PROJECT HAS BEEN DONE BY
HIM WITH UTMOST SINCERITY AND HONESTY FOLLOWING
ALL THE REQUIRED RULES AND NORMS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
FIRSTLY, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MY PARENTS FOR PROVIDING ME WITH ALL THE
NECESSARY MATERIALS FOR THE PROJECT AND FOR THEIR INVALUABLE GUIDANCE AND
SUPPORT. TO THE REST, I’M GRATEFUL FOR BEING COOPERATIVE WHILE WORKING ON THIS
PROJECT. I ALSO EXPRESS MY HEARTIEST FEELINGS, GRATEFUL TO MY PHYSICS TEACHES
MRS MANU SHARMA WHOSE GUIDANCE THIS WOULDN’T BEEN POSSIBLE.
INDEX
 Cover Page

 Certificate

 Acknowledgement

 Index

 Introduction

 Experiment – The way it is written in the practical file

 Bibliography
 TO DETERMINE THE FARADAY’S LAW OF
AIM ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION USING A COPPER WIRE
WOUND OVER AN IRON ROD AND A STRONG MAGNET
INTRODUCTION
FARADAY’S LAW OF INDUCTION IS A BASIC LAW OF ELECTROMAGNETISM THAT PREDICTS HOW MAGNETIC FIELD
WILL INTERACT WITH AN ELECTRIC CIRCUIT TO PRODUCE AN ELECTROMOTIVE FORCE (EMF). IT IS THE
FUNDAMENTAL OPERATING PRINCIPLE OF TRANSFORMERS, INDUCTORS AND MANY TYPES OF ELECTRICAL MOTORS
AND GENERATORS. ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION WAS DISCOVERED INDEPENDENTLY BY MICHAEL FARADAY AND
JOSEPH HENRY IN 1831; HOWEVER, FARADAY WAS THE FIRST TO PUBLISH THE RESULTS OF HIS EXPERIMENTS.
FARADAY EXPLAINED ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION USING A CONCEPT HE CALLED LINES OF FORCE. THESE
EQUATION FOR ELECTROMAGNETIC ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT SINCE THEY PROVIDE A MEANS TO PRECISELY
DESCRIBE HOW MANY NATURAL PHYSICAL PHENOMENA IN OUR UNIVERSE ARISE AND BEHAVE. THE ABILITY TO
QUANTITATIVELY DESCRIBE PHYSICAL PHENOMENA NOT ONLY ALOWS US TO GAIN A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OUR
UNIVERSE, BUT IT ALSO MAKES POSSIBLE A HOST OF TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION THAT DEFINE MODERN SOCIETY.
UNDERSTANDING FARADAY’S LAW OF LECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION CAN BE BENEFICIAL SINCE SO MANY ASPECTS
OF OUR DAILY LIFE FUNCTION BECAUSE OF THE PRINCIPLES BEHIND FARADAY’S LAW. FROM NATURAL PHENOMENA
SUCH AS THE LIGHT WE RECEIVE FROM THE SUN, TO TECHNOLOGIES THAT IMPROVE OUR QUALITY OF LIFE SUCH AS
ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION, FARADAY’S LAW HAS A GREAT IMPACT ON MANY ASPECTS OF OUR LIVES.
FARADAY’S LAW IS THE RESULT OF THE EXPERIMENTS OF
THE ENGLISH CHEMIST AND PHYSICIST MICHAEL FARADAY.
THE CONCEPT OF ELCTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION WAS
ACTUALLY DISCOVERED SIMULTANEOUSLY IN 1831 BY
FARADAY IN LONDON AND JOSEPH HENRY, AN AMERICAN
SCIENTIST WORKING IN NEW YORK, BUT FARADAY IS
CREDITED FOR THE LAW SINCE HE PUBLISHED HIS WORK
FIRST. AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF THE EQUATION THAT
QUANTIFIES FARADAY’S LAW COMES FROM THE WORK OF
HEINRICH LENZ, A RUSSIAN PHYSICIST WHO MADE HIS
CONTRIBUTION TO FARADAY’S LAW, NOW KNOWN AS LENZ’S
LAW, IN 1834 (INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY). FARADAY’S LAW
DESCRIBE ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION, WHEREBY AN
ELECTRIC FIELD IS INDUCED, OR GENERATED, BY A
CHANGING MAGNETIC FIELD. BEFORE EXPANDING UPON
THIS DESCRIPTION, IT IS NECESSARY TO DEVELOP AN
UNDERSTANDING OF THE CONCEPT OF FIELDS, AS WELL AS
THE RELATED CONCEPT POTENTIALS.
FARADAY’S FIRST EXPERIMENTAL DEMONSTRATION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION
(AUGUST 29, 1831), HE WRAPPED TWO WIRES AROUND OPPOSITE SIDES OF AN IRON RING
OR “TORUS”