Download Electricity Ch. 18 Sect. 2

Magnetism
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Section 2: Magnetism from Electric Currents
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• Key Ideas
• Bellringer
• Electromagnetism
• Electromagnetic Devices
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Key Ideas
〉What happens to a compass near a wire that
is carrying a current?
〉Why are electric motors useful?
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Bellringer
The temporary magnetic field created by current flowing
through a wire is used in many small appliances.
1. List as many things as possible that contain a small
electric motor.
2. What keeps the coil in an electric motor spinning?
3. A sewing machine needle can be magnetized by
gently stroking it with a magnet in one direction.
What is a possible explanation for this?
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Electromagnetism
〉What happens to a compass near a wire that is
carrying a current?
〉When the wire carries a strong, steady current,
all of the compass needles move to align with
the magnetic field created by the electric current.
• Hans Christian Oersted found that magnetism is
produced by moving electric charges.
– Electric currents produce magnetic fields.
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Electromagnetism, continued
• Use the right-hand rule to find the direction of the
magnetic field produced by a current.
• right-hand rule:
– If you hold a wire in your right hand and point your
thumb in the direction of the positive current, the
direction that your fingers curl is the direction of the
magnetic field.
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The Right-Hand Rule
• The thumb points in the
direction of the current.
• The fingertips point in
the direction of the
magnetic field.
• The magnetic field runs
counterclockwise.
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Magnetic Field of a Current-Carrying
Wire
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Electromagnetism, continued
• Solenoids and bar magnets have similar magnetic fields.
• solenoid: a coil of wire with an electric current in it
– In a solenoid, the magnetic field of each loop of wire
adds to the strength of the magnetic field of any
neighboring loops.
• The strength of a solenoid can be increased.
– More loops or more current can create a stronger
magnetic field.
• electromagnet: a coil that has a soft iron core and that
acts as a magnet when an electric current is in the coil
– The magnetic field of the rod adds to the coil’s field.
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Visual Concept: Solenoid
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Electromagnetism, continued
• Moving charges cause magnetism.
– Negatively charged electrons moving around the
nuclei of atoms make magnetic fields.
– Atomic nuclei also have magnetic fields because
protons move within the nucleus.
– Each electron has a property called electron spin,
which also produces a tiny magnetic field.
• The magnetism of the uncanceled fields in certain
materials combines to make the materials magnetic
overall.
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Electromagnetic Devices
〉Why are electric motors useful?
〉A motor can perform mechanical work when it is
attached to an external device.
• electric motor: a device that converts electrical energy to
mechanical energy
• Galvanometers detect current.
– galvanometer: an instrument that detects, measures,
and determines the direction of a small electric current
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Visual Concept: Galvanometer
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Electromagnetic Devices, continued
• ammeter: measures current
• voltmeter: measures voltage.
• Motors use a commutator to spin in one direction.
– commutator: a device used to make the current
change direction every time the flat coil makes a half
revolution.
– brushes: devices that connect the wires to the
commutator
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