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Faraday's law is expressed in terms of induced voltage rather than current because current depends on the resistance of a circuit, whereas voltage is induced directly by electromagnetic induction whenever a wire or coil moves within a magnetic field. Electromagnetic induction produces an induced electromotive force or voltage whenever the magnetic field is changed, such as by moving a magnet near a wire, with more turns of wire increasing the induced current.

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Current

Faraday's law is expressed in terms of induced voltage rather than current because current depends on the resistance of a circuit, whereas voltage is induced directly by electromagnetic induction whenever a wire or coil moves within a magnetic field. Electromagnetic induction produces an induced electromotive force or voltage whenever the magnetic field is changed, such as by moving a magnet near a wire, with more turns of wire increasing the induced current.

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Current, as well as voltage, is induced in a wire b y electromagnetic induction.

Why is
Farada y’s l aw is expressed in terms of induced voltage and not induced current?

Current depends on resistance of a circuit

Electromagnetic Induction
If we pass a current in a wire in a magnetic field, we know that the wire will
move. It is therefore reasonable to suppose that if we move the wire in a
magnetic field, and the wire is connected to an outside circuit, a voltage and
current are induced. If the wire is not connected, a voltage only is induced.
Consider this demonstration:

If we move the magnet parallel to the wire, the galvanometer


hardly responds. However, if we move the magnet across the
wire, then we see a definite reading on the galvanometer. The
current (and voltage) induced on a single wire is rather small,
but is increased by having more turns of wire. For any voltage
to be induced, we must move the magnet. We call this voltage
the induced electromotive force. It is often given the code ∈,
a fancy letter ‘E’.

In other words, Electromagnetic Induction is the process of using


magnetic fields to produce voltage, and in a closed circuit, a current.

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