Transcript Chapter #14
Chapter
#14
Magnets and
Magnetic
Fields
Chapter 14.1 Notes
Magnetic pole an area of
a magnet where the
magnetic force appears
to be the strongest.
Magnetic field a region
where a magnetic force
can be detected.
Compass
Chapter 14.2 Notes
• The right-hand rule: if you imagine holding
the wire in your hand with your thumb
pointing in the direction of the positive
current, the direction your finger would curl
is in the direction of the magnetic field.
Solenoid a long, wound coil wire
resembles the magnetic field of a
bar magnet.
• Electromagnet a
strong magnet
created when an
iron core is
inserted into the
center of a currentcarrying solenoid.
Domain a microscopic
magnetic region
composed of a group
of atoms whose
magnetic fields are
aligned in a common
direction.
Galvanometer an
instrument that
measures the
amount of current in
a circuit.
• Electric motor a device that coverts
electrical energy to mechanical
energy.
Chapter 14.3 Notes
• Electromagnetic induction the production
of a current in a conducting circuit by a
change in the strength, position, or
orientation of an external magnetic field.
• Faraday’s law states that an electric current
can be produced in a circuit by a changing
magnetic field.
Faraday wondered Can
magnetism produce
electricity? He
discovered that a moving
magnet can induce an
electric current in a wire.
Michael Faraday
Don’t need to write in notes!!!
• A Faraday cage or Faraday
shield is an enclosure formed
by conducting material, or by a
mesh of such material. Such
an enclosure blocks out
external static electrical fields.
Faraday cages are named
after physicist Michael
Faraday, who built one in 1836
• An external static electrical
field will cause the electrical
charges within the conducting
material to redistribute
themselves so as to cancel the
field's effects in the cage's
interior. This effect is used, for
example, to protect electronic
equipment from lightning
strikes and other electrostatic
discharges.
Faraday Cage
Generator a device that uses
electromagnetic induction to convert
mechanical energy to electrical energy.
Alternating current (AC) an electric current
that changes direction at regular intervals.
Generator
Transformer a device that can change one
alternating-current voltage to a different
alternating-current voltage.
• Step-up transformer
• Step-down transformer
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