College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
5K10.25 - Electromagnetic Induction Demo - Coil and Light Bulb with Magnets
Code Number:
References:
5K10.25
Demo Title:
Electromagnetic Induction Demo - Coil and Light Bulb with Magnets
Condition:
Excellent
Principle:
Induced Currents Due to AC
Area of Study:
Electricity & Magnetism
Equipment:
Coil with light, Pasco Rotation Apparatus with Faraday's Law Accessories.
Procedure:
The Pasco Faraday's Law apparatus allows you to spin the coil through the magnet at a constant rate. The direction of the current in the coil is then indicated by either the green or the red LED.
Place a long neodymium magnet into the tube that has the eight coils connected to the bi-colored LED's. The LED's are oriented so that one pole of the magnet will give all greens, and the other pole will give all reds. Slide the magnet down the tube with sufficient speed to light seven of the coils as it falls.
The flashlight is based on some high tech parts. A low current, high intensity, white LED, a large multi-farad capacitor, and Faraday's law of induction. Shake the battery through the coil a few times to charge up the capacitor. This will store enough energy to light the LED for up to 30 minutes.
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- Deborah Wood and John Sebranek, "Electromagnetic Induction With Neodymium Magnets", TPT, Vol. 51, #6, Sept. 2013, p. 344.
- Emily Alden, Mark Kennedy, Wolfgang Lorenzon, and Warren Smith, "An Electromagnetic Induction Flashlight Experiment", TPT, Vol. 45, #8, Nov. 2007, p. 492.
- Joe L. Ferguson, "A Supersensitive LED Faraday's Law Demonstration", TPT, Vol. 39, #7, Oct. 2001, p. 444.
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- Dan Lottis and Herbert Jaeger, "LED's in Physics Demos: A Handful of Examples", TPT, Vol. 34, #3, Mar. 1996, p. 144.
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- Dhananjay V. Gadre, Harch Sharma, Sangeeta D. Gadre, et al., "Science on a Stick: An Experimental and Demonstration Platform for Learning Several Physical Principles", AJP, Vol. 91, #2, Feb. 2023, p. 116.
- Robert Kingman, S. Clark Rowland, and Sabin Popescu, "An Experimental Observation of Faraday's Law of Induction", AJP, Vol. 70, #6, June 2002, p. 595.
- Robert Ehrlich, "9.3, Induced Currents Using LED's", Why Toast Lands Jelly-Side Down", p. 149.
- Andy Graham, "Faraday's Law in a Flash", PIRA Newsletter, Vol. 3, #7, November 18, 1988, p. 3.
- Don Rathjen and Paul Doherty, "Stripped-Down Generator", Square Wheels, 2002, p. 125.
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